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I have been using Phillips nebulizers for years but they seem to now be discontinued. I use my nebulizer4 times a day with 3 meds each time. My last, fairly new Phillips was only a year old and started to become very noisy. I have paid out of pocket for the last 3.

Now, I can get a new one through Medicare in May, I bought something to hold me over and it doesn't seem to work even half as well as Phillips did. PLUS the filter is sponge and disintegrates into powder after a few days and I think besides not getting all the meds into my lungs, I am getting the powder from the filter!!!!!!!! it is a Drive Power Neb Ultra.

Can someone who really knows help me out trying to figure out my next brand since Phillips is no longer selling please? I always felt like I should look for the PSI on a new one like my Phillips have always had which was 44. No other nebs have that. This Drive Power said 39 but hardly any mist comes out at all!

I have COPD and severe asthma and need one that can really push that medicine down there along with my other meds not on the nebulizer. Thanks for any help!

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After my Phillips nebulizer got noisy I bought an Ombra. I use Ipratropium and the 7% sodium chloride. The Ombra is getting the Ipratropium deep into my lungs because when using the Phillips I could nebulize it without any side effects. Almost like inhaling nothing. With the Ombra I feel it and I get the common side effects from Ipratropium like dry mouth and some hoarseness. So, since I never purchased a nebulizer using Medicare I got one just for the Ipratropium and use the Ombra for the sodium chloride. My point being I think the Ombra does a really good job. I use the aeroeclipse with it while nebulizing. People on this forum seem to like it as well as the Pari.