Self-Care for Asthma-Using Your Inhaler

Key points

  • You can control your asthma by taking your medicine exactly as your doctor or other medical professional tells you to.
  • Use these videos to learn the correct way to use your metered dose inhaler.
Boy using an asthma inhaler

Taking immediate action

Watch a video to follow along with the correct way to use your metered dose inhaler.

Using a metered dose inhaler with a spacer

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Using a metered dose inhaler with a spacer
Spanish version: Cómo usar un inhalador de dosis fija con espaciador

Using a metered dose inhaler (inhaler in mouth)

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Content Source:
National Center for Environmental Health