Can anyone explain this?

[Disgustedman]

In the photo, is my Spiriva refill PKG. It hold 30 capsules and I load one a day. This was a recent refill for capsules only. But I got the whole spread again. New inhaler and capsules. (Still useful one to the left, new to the right)

So why are they doing this if not to make more money? And can I get capsules only?

 

[Murrmurr]

The explanation I got was that bacteria and fungi can colonize inside inhalers, so they like you to have a nice, clean new one every month or whatever.

 

[Kika]

That makes sense, the cleaning part. It is such a waste. In addition, the capsules are not the greatest. I found that many of them just broken randomly and not as they were supposed to. Pulmonologist switched me to Spiriva Respimat. I'm happier all the way around.

 

[Disgustedman]

That makes sense, the cleaning part. It is such a waste. In addition, the capsules are not the greatest. I found that many of them just broken randomly and not as they were supposed to. Pulmonologist switched me to Spiriva Respimat. I'm happier all the way around.





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I may ask my provider for that. Thanks for showing it.

 

[Disgustedman]

The explanation I got was that bacteria and fungi can colonize inside inhalers, so they like you to have a nice, clean new one every month or whatever.

Thanks, I can see their point, but feel it's a tad questionable. Still out with old in with new (Gasp!Wheeze!)

 

[Kika]

I may ask my provider for that

I just remembered another reason I switched. The dry powder in the capsule made me cough. It stuck in my throat, and a coughed from there, not from my lungs.
It's the same price using my insurance.

 

[Murrmurr]

Thanks, I can see their point, but feel it's a tad questionable. Still out with old in with new (Gasp!Wheeze!)

Considering the amount of waste every clinic and hospital has every day - gloves, masks, those paper gowns and bloomers, probe sheaths, giant rolls of exam table paper, syringe needles and barrels, oxygen tubing, and a thousand other bio-hazardous items - your delivery apparatus is like a drop of rain in the ocean.

 

[Disgustedman]

Considering the amount of waste every clinic and hospital has every day - gloves, masks, those paper gowns and bloomers, probe sheaths, giant rolls of exam table paper, syringe needles and barrels, oxygen tubing, and a thousand other bio-hazardous items - your delivery apparatus is like a drop of rain in the ocean.

Damn it, I was feeling so righteous about my carbon footprint, you had to sic "reality" on my smugness.

 

[Pinky]

I just remembered another reason I switched. The dry powder in the capsule made me cough. It stuck in my throat, and a coughed from there, not from my lungs.
It's the same price using my insurance.

Though I haven't needed to use an inhaler for a good 3 years, when I did use one, I always gargled with
water after use. It helped with the throat dryness.