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Respiratory Handbook

The professional's guide to product selection

Products

Loratadine - Alliance Healthcare (Distribution) UK

Non-sedating antihistamine.

For symptomatic relief of allergy, such as hay fever, or chronic idiopathic urticaria.

• Child 2–11 years: body weight under 31 kg, 5 mg, once daily, body weight 31 kg and over, 10 mg, once daily.
• Over 12 years: 10 mg, once daily.

Loratadine - DE Pharmaceuticals

Non-sedating antihistamine.

• Child 2–11 years: body weight under 31 kg, 5 mg, once daily, body weight 31 kg and over, 10 mg, once daily.
• Over 12 years: 10 mg, once daily.

Loratadine - Torrent Pharma (UK) Ltd

Non-sedating antihistamine.

For symptomatic relief of allergy, such as hay fever, or chronic idiopathic urticaria.

• Child 2–11 years: body weight under 31 kg, 5 mg, once daily, body weight 31 kg and over, 10 mg, once daily.
• Over 12 years: 10 mg, once daily.

Luforbec - Beclometasone with formoterol

Luforbec - Beclometasone with formoterol

Long-acting selective beta2 agonist with corticosteroid.

Asthma maintenance therapy for Luforbec® 100/6 by inhalation of aerosol
Adult: 1–2 inhalations twice daily; maximum 4 inhalations per day.

Asthma, maintenance and reliever therapy for Luforbec® 100/6 by inhalation of aerosol
Adult: 1 inhalation twice daily; 1 inhalation as required, for relief of symptoms; maximum 8 inhalations per day.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with forced expiratory volume in 1 second < 50% of predicted for Luforbec® 100/6 by inhalation of aerosol
Adult: 2 inhalations twice daily.

Asthma maintenance therapy for Luforbec® 200/6 by inhalation of aerosol
Adult: 2 inhalations twice daily, maximum 4 inhalations per day.

Children and adolescents aged less than 18 years must not take this medicine

Mag-Flo inhaler trainer

Mag-Flo is suitable for use with most DPIs and comes with adaptors for connecting to most makes. Patients can test their inhaler technique by attaching their inhaler to the Mag- Flo and breathing in quickly. When they have reached the minimum required inhaled flow rate, a green light will come on. They should then keep inhaling for as long as possible with the green light on. Inhale too fast or too slow and the green light will go out.

Stockists: Fyne Dynamics, Medisave.

MD300 C63 Oxywatch fingertip waveform pulse oximeter

• Extremely comfortable
• Slimline shape
• Compact, robust and portable
• Ideal for self checking in the home or patient assessment in ambulances, clinics or on the wards
• Rotatable two-colour numeric display with six display screens, making it ideal for both right- and left handed
• Ten categories of adjustable brightness for use in all light levels.

 

Stockists: Pulmolink

Medisave Tri-Ball incentive spirometer

The Tri-Ball incentive spirometer helps the patient to recover normal respiration after chest or abdominal surgery. Differing from other respiratory exercisers, Tri-Ball incorporates a container for the mouthpiece after it is washed, allowing it to drain.

 

Stockists: Medisave

Medix AC2000 Nebuliser

For use at home or in hospital. A powerful mains compressor provides highly effective drug delivery. The durable case has a storage compartment to hold accessories and the mains cable. Supplied with a Medix starter kit, which includes a chamber, drive line, adult face mask plus a spare inlet filter and filter spanner

 

Stockists: Nebulisers Direct, Evergreen Nebulisers, Williams Medical Supplies.