Asthma inhaler lodged in chest highlights importance of warning labels

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Asthma inhaler lodged in chest highlights importance of warning labels

By Krystnell Storr NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new case report from France offers a reminder of why people who use medical devices like asthma inhalers should take warnings on the product label seriously. Dr. Stanislas Ledochowski of the Hospitalier Universitaire Lyons Sud, who examined the man, told Reuters Health, “Fortunately, it is to be considered as an exceptional event, and since it was the only described case in the medical literature, we thought describing such an occurrence could be of medical interest.” Inhalers, a portable form of nebulizer, turn liquid medication into a fine mist, which is the fastest way for people with asthma or other lung conditions to dose themselves during an attack. The National Institutes of Health also warns that albuterol should be kept out of the reach of children, stored at room temperature and kept in its foil pouch until needed. Ledochowski and his coauthors describe in the journal Surgery what they found when they went in to remove the foreign object.

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