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Survey: nebulizers and compressor systems speed, etc.

MAC & Bronchiectasis | Last Active: Mar 30 12:04pm | Replies (42)
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Hi, @beejenigma - Yes, I've been using an eFlow (eRapid) for a couple of years. I like it and travel with it. It's not perfect but I find it's quicker and quieter than the compressor type machines. I've written a bunch about it here in various threads. What specifically would like to know?

Here is one of those threads. https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/survey-nebulizers-and-compressor-systems-speed-etc/?pg=2#comment-1187025

Given the vital importance of hypertonic saline in our regimen it bothers me that the "industry" pays so little attention to producing a reasonably priced small quiet user-friendly compressor/nebulizer. I'm thinking of things like the Philips Innospire GO mesh nebulizer.

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Mar 29 3:45pm

I'm afraid we saline users drove the handy Phillips Innospire GO nebulizer off the market. Mesh nebulizers aren't intended for the corrosive particles of salt. Mine failed several times within the warranty period and were replaced. Every time I took one apart, I could see the effects of the salt on the fine mesh screen. And if you read the "fine print" in the nebulizer descriptions or manuals online now, most say "not for hypertonic saline."
And, according to the Phillips rep I spoke to when they were being discontinued, "mesh nebulizers are not meant for the multi-solution multi-use daily patient" which seemed silly to me - who would want one more?

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