Proper use of the HFA inhalers is also causing problems. The new ones have to be primed first, spraying up to as many as four quick spurts into the air, if they haven’t been used in a couple of weeks. Also, they carry a larger risk of clogging.Patients are frustrated, and some are turning to unusual places for answers.
“If you don’t clean them regularly, they won’t dispense properly,” Williams said. “I carry one in my purse and in my car for emergencies. If I don’t take them out and clean them, then they won’t give out the right amount.”
Finally, Freudenberger said many patients can’t tell when the new inhalers are actually empty. With the CFC inhaler, patients could get a good feel for when there was still medication in the container.
“If you moved them back and forth, you could hear if any medication remained,” he said. “Also, you could put it in water. If it floated, it was empty.”
You can’t do either with the HFAs. When the medication is spent, there still remains some propellant.
Stratospheric CFC levels have been falling since the late 1990s, and global ozone has been recovering since the early 1990s, despite the continuous emissions of CFCs from all sources at levels much greater than CFC MDIs ever produced, thereby proving the harmlessness and insignificance of CFC MDI emissions.The conclusion does not follow from the premise in that statement. Also the size of the ozone hole did not start to decline until 1997, after the implementation of the Protocol. And because there is great variablity in size due to weather the decline hasn't been steady and some years has even reversed. Your press room seems to (I admit the formatting makes it very hard to read so I just skimmed; you need to back off on the yelling) concentrate solely on the ozone hole's effects on humans. Humans for the most part were not in direct danger from the ozone hole, it was the effect on plants and ocean life that was the mind blowing concern. I encourage anyone who isn't familiar with this issue to browse NASA's ozone site.
Nor are 'environment-friendly' HFA-134a MDIs environment-friendly. Their Global Warming Potential is much worse than that of CFC-11,12 MDIsThe Montreal protocol had nothing to do with global warming. This is a red herring in your campaign and is sure to confuse people. Not sure if that was what you are trying to do but if not you might want to at least rephrase these bits of your website.
There were no large-scale, *real world, multi-year, U.S. postmarketing studies done on HFA MDIs (metered-dose inhalers) in the U.S. to ensure product safetyWhile true in the strictest sense non-cfc inhalers have been used successfully in Canada, Australia, Japan and Europe for years. Concentrating so much web space on the quasi-conspiracy theory of profits for big Pharma being the reason for the phase out is hurting your cause as many people associate those kinds of statements with discredited movements like vaccines cause autism. Your case for an exeption for CFC inhalers would be much stronger if you could find significant accepted research from some of these other jurisdictions showing that HFAs are more dangerous than CFCs.
MOST AMERICANS ARE GETTING TOO LITTLE UV-RADIATION, RESULTING IN VITAMIN D ('THE SUNSHINE VITAMIN') DEFICIENCY!is disappointing.
Americans Need More Vitamin D1
Particulate concentrations show a peak at the end of the 19th century.Or maybe the air quality didn't make a difference.
At the beginning of the 20th century asthma was seen as a psychosomatic disease - an approach that probably undermined any medical breakthroughs at the time. During the 1930s to 1950s, asthma was known as one of the holy seven psychosomatic illnesses.posted by Kirth Gerson at 10:00 AM on June 14, 2009 [2 favorites]
Asthma was described as psychological, with treatment often involving, as its primary component, psychoanalysis and other 'talking cures'. A child's wheeze was seen as a suppressed cry for his or her mother. Psychoanalysts thought that patients with asthma should be treated for depression. This psychiatric theory was eventually refuted and asthma became known as a physical condition.
Asthma, as an inflammatory disease, was not really recognized until the 1960s when anti-inflammatory medications started being used.
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