Aerovent Inhaler: 200 Doses, and Our Pharmacist Beside You the First Time
The Aerovent inhaler helps open tightened airways so that breathing stops being something you have to think about, in asthma and in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It holds 200 metered doses in a canister small enough to live in a pocket, and it is a prescription medicine, so please send us your prescription or our doctor can see you and issue one.
Before you start it, please bring the inhaler or your prescription in to our pharmacist. There is more than one inhaler sold under similar names in this market, and which medicine you are actually holding decides when you use it, how often, and whether it needs rinsing afterwards. We will confirm all of that against your prescription in two minutes and write it on the device, which is the single most useful thing anybody can do for somebody starting an inhaler.
Which of Your Inhalers Does Which Job
Most people treated for asthma end up holding two inhalers, and they are not interchangeable. A reliever opens airways that have already closed and works within minutes. A preventer is usually a steroid, taken every day whether you feel well or not, and it reduces how often the airways close at all.
Reaching for the wrong one during an attack wastes the minutes that matter. So please ask our pharmacist which job this inhaler does in your treatment and to write it on the canister in marker pen, and make sure everybody in the house knows, including whoever would help a child or an older relative at night.
Please Do Not Treat Any Inhaler as Prevention by Itself
An inhaler that opens the airways treats the moment rather than the illness underneath. Taking one on a schedule because it seems sensible is a different thing from preventing attacks, and confusing the two is the misunderstanding most closely tied to asthma going badly.
The real measurement is how often you need to reach for relief. Needing an opener three times a week or more, waking at night needing it, or getting through more than one canister a month all point the same way: the condition is not controlled and the treatment needs reviewing. Please count roughly how many puffs a week you take and bring that number to our doctor, because it is the first thing he will ask and the answer is usually a preventer rather than more of the same.
Using the Aerovent Inhaler So the Dose Reaches Your Lungs
Most people get only a fraction of each puff into the chest, and the technique is what decides it. Take the cap off and check the mouthpiece is clear. Shake the inhaler well. Breathe out gently, away from the inhaler, as far as is comfortable.
Seal your lips around the mouthpiece, start to breathe in slowly, and press the canister once as you begin breathing in, continuing to breathe in slowly and deeply. Hold your breath for about ten seconds, or as long as is comfortable, then breathe out gently. Wait about thirty seconds and shake again before a second puff. Please ask our pharmacist about a spacer: it gets considerably more of the dose into the lungs, it removes the need to coordinate the press with the breath, and it is the right answer for every child, for anybody elderly, and for anyone who has never had their technique watched.
Looking After It, and Knowing When It Is Empty
Prime a new inhaler before the first use, and again if it has gone unused for a while, by shaking it and firing a test puff into the air away from your face. Wipe the plastic actuator and the mouthpiece once a week with a dry tissue and keep the cap on between uses.
Know roughly where it is in its life. Two hundred doses at two puffs a day is a little over three months; at two puffs four times a day it is under a month. Floating the canister in water tells you nothing reliable, so count or keep a note on the carton, and keep a spare once the first is half gone. Store it below 30 degrees Celsius, out of direct sun, out of a car and out of the bathroom, and fly with it in hand luggage.
Children, and Getting the Dose In
Inhalers are used in children, and the dose and the frequency are decided by our doctor with the child in front of him rather than from a page. What a parent needs to get right is delivery.
A child using a metered-dose inhaler without a spacer gets a small fraction of the dose, so a spacer counts as essential at that age, and a younger child needs one with a soft mask. Bring the child and the inhaler to our pharmacist and we will fit the right size and show you both how to use it. Where the medicine is a steroid, rinse the child’s mouth afterwards or give a drink of water and have them spit.
Please Tell Our Doctor About These
Tell our doctor about any heart or rhythm condition, high blood pressure, an overactive thyroid, diabetes, low potassium, glaucoma, or an enlarged prostate or difficulty passing urine, since different inhaled medicines need care in different ones of those. Tell us too if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, because asthma is treated in pregnancy rather than left alone.
Come and see us for palpitations, chest pain, a persistent tremor, muscle cramps, eye pain or blurred vision, difficulty passing urine, white patches in the mouth, or a hoarse voice. And where breathing gets worse immediately after a puff rather than better, stop using it, take a fast-acting reliever and contact us the same day.
When to Stop Managing and Get Help
Please know the point at which breathlessness stops being something to handle at home. Get emergency help if the inhaler brings no improvement, if relief wears off within a couple of hours, if speaking in full sentences has become impossible, if you are too breathless to walk or eat, or if your lips or fingers look blue.
While help is on the way, sit upright rather than lying down and take one puff of a fast-acting reliever every thirty to sixty seconds, up to ten puffs, through a spacer if one is to hand. Afterwards, come and see our doctor even if you recover completely, because an episode needing that much reliever is one the treatment should have prevented.
What We Can Honestly Tell You
Bring it in and let us look at it with you. Five minutes at the counter will confirm exactly what you are holding, what it is for, how to use it properly and what else you should have in the house, and we will label it so nobody in the family is guessing. That conversation is worth more than anything we could write here.
You should always have a fast-acting reliever, which is Asthalin. If our doctor decides you need a daily preventer, that is Budecort 100 or Budecort 200, and Foralin 200 does both jobs in one device. Please ask about a spacer and a peak flow meter at the same time.
Is This Inhaler Right for You?
Please talk to our pharmacist or our doctor before you buy if any of these apply.
- You have no prescription yet. Send us one, or our doctor can see you and issue it. We dispense no prescription medicine without one.
- You are not certain what this inhaler is or what it is for. Bring it or the prescription in. We will confirm it against your treatment and label the device.
- You are reaching for relief three times a week or more, or getting through more than one canister a month. That is poor control. Please see our doctor rather than only reordering.
- Nobody has ever watched you use an inhaler. Please let our pharmacist check your technique, and ask about a spacer. It is essential for a child.
- A heart or rhythm condition, thyroid trouble, diabetes, low potassium, glaucoma, prostate trouble, pregnancy or breastfeeding. Tell our doctor first.
- No improvement, relief wearing off within a couple of hours, or speaking, walking or eating has become impossible. Emergency help now, sitting upright, reliever every thirty to sixty seconds up to ten puffs.
Where to Buy the Aerovent inhaler in Kenya
Order online and we deliver countrywide, or collect from our pharmacy at Kahawa Sukari Shopping Center, Nairobi. We send orders to Nairobi and every neighbourhood around it — the CBD, Westlands, Parklands, Gigiri, Muthaiga, Runda, Rosslyn, Kitisuru, Lower Kabete, Lavington, Kileleshwa, Kilimani, Karen, Langata, South B, South C, Eastleigh, Buruburu, Donholm, Embakasi, Ngong Road, Kasarani, Roysambu, Zimmerman, Githurai, Ruaka, Banana Hill, Two Rivers, Village Market and Pride Lands — and across Kiambu, Thika, Juja, Ruiru, Kikuyu, Limuru and Ngong.
Beyond the capital we deliver to Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Nyeri, Machakos, Athi River, Kitengela, Kajiado, Naivasha, Narok, Kericho, Bomet, Kisii, Migori, Homa Bay, Siaya, Bungoma, Busia, Kakamega, Vihiga, Webuye, Kitale, Nandi Hills, Iten, Kapenguria, Embu, Meru, Chuka, Kerugoya, Murang’a, Othaya, Nyahururu, Nanyuki, Maralal, Isiolo, Marsabit, Moyale, Wajir, Mandera, Garissa, Lodwar, Kitui, Mwingi, Makueni, Emali, Kibwezi, Voi, Taveta, Wundanyi, Mariakani, Diani, Ukunda, Kilifi, Watamu, Malindi, Lamu and Hola. Everything in this category travels in plain outer packaging with nothing on the outside to say what is inside, and the delivery note carries our name and no product description. At as your prescription states a pack covers a known length of time, so tell us how many months you want covered and we will work out the quantity with you before you order.
Across Africa, ask us before you order. We have sent orders to Uganda, Tanzania, Somaliland and as far as Malawi, and we will quote for Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and the rest of the continent. Tell us the destination and we will confirm any import paperwork before the parcel leaves us.
Living abroad? Order from wherever you are and we deliver to your family here in Kenya. Kenyans in the UK, the United States, Canada, South Africa and the Gulf order from us regularly for parents and relatives at home. An inhaler for asthma and COPD is needed every day rather than occasionally, so running out is the thing to plan against. Tell us who it is for, the size and how many months you want covered, and we will set up a standing monthly delivery so nobody is ever caught short.
Why Buy Your the Aerovent inhaler from HealthAlone Kenya?
HealthAlone is a pharmacist-led health ecosystem licensed by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, and our stock is original, sealed and correctly stored. Kahawa Sukari is a real counter with real pharmacists behind it.
Our pharmacists will confirm against your prescription exactly which medicine you are holding and label the device, check your technique and fit a spacer, and make sure a fast-acting reliever is in the house. Our doctor is here too if you would rather have the whole question looked at properly.
It is one more step in our vision: building Africa’s most trusted health ecosystem, accessible to everyone, everywhere.
Your Questions About the Aerovent Inhaler, Answered
Do I need a prescription for it?
Yes. Send us your prescription, or our doctor can see you and issue one. We dispense no prescription medicine without a prescription.
How many doses does it hold?
200 metered doses. At two puffs a day that is a little over three months; at two puffs four times a day it is under a month.
What does it do?
It opens tightened airways, in asthma and in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Bring it or your prescription in and our pharmacist will confirm exactly what you are holding and when to use it.
Is it a reliever or a preventer?
Please let our pharmacist confirm which job it does in your own treatment, and we will write it on the canister in marker pen so nobody in the house is guessing.
Can I use it every day to prevent attacks?
An inhaler that opens the airways treats the moment rather than the illness underneath. Prevention is a preventer’s job, so please talk to our doctor about one.
How do I know my condition is not controlled?
Needing relief three times a week or more, waking at night needing it, or getting through more than one canister a month. Bring that number to our doctor.
What is the right technique?
Shake it, breathe out gently away from it, seal your lips, start breathing in slowly and press once as you begin, keep breathing in, then hold for about ten seconds.
Should I use a spacer?
Most people benefit, and for a child it is essential. It gets far more of the dose into the lungs and removes the need to coordinate the press with the breath.
Can children use it?
The dose and frequency are our doctor’s decision with the child present. What matters at home is a spacer, and a soft mask for a younger child. Bring them both in.
How do I know when it is empty?
Count, or keep a note on the carton. Floating the canister in water tells you nothing reliable. Keep a spare once the first is half gone.
How should I store it?
Below 30 degrees Celsius, out of direct sun, out of a car and out of the bathroom. Never pierce or burn the canister, and fly with it in hand luggage.
What should I tell the doctor before starting?
Any heart or rhythm condition, high blood pressure, overactive thyroid, diabetes, low potassium, glaucoma, prostate trouble, and pregnancy or breastfeeding.
What if my breathing gets worse straight after a puff?
Stop using it, take a fast-acting reliever and contact us the same day. It is uncommon but it needs reporting.
Where can I buy Aerovent Inhaler in Kenya, and what does it cost?
From HealthAlone, online for delivery countrywide or over the counter at Kahawa Sukari Shopping Center, Nairobi. The current price is shown above. We deliver across Nairobi — the CBD, Westlands, Parklands, Gigiri, Muthaiga, Runda, Kitisuru, Lavington, Kilimani, Karen, Langata, South B, South C, Eastleigh, Kasarani, Roysambu, Githurai, Ruaka and Banana Hill — and to Kiambu, Thika, Juja, Ruiru, Kikuyu, Limuru, Ngong, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Nyeri, Machakos, Kitengela, Naivasha, Narok, Kericho, Kisii, Migori, Homa Bay, Bungoma, Busia, Kakamega, Kitale, Embu, Meru, Nanyuki, Nyahururu, Isiolo, Marsabit, Wajir, Mandera, Garissa, Lodwar, Kitui, Makueni, Voi, Taveta, Mariakani, Diani, Ukunda, Kilifi, Watamu, Malindi and Lamu. Outside Kenya we have delivered to Uganda, Tanzania, Somaliland and Malawi, and we quote for Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and the rest of Africa on request. Send us your prescription, or bring the inhaler in and we will confirm what it is and label it for you.
