A nebulizer, also called a breathing machine by many parents, is a great way to give children their asthma treatments, including:
Reliever Asthma Medicines
- Albuterol
- Xopenex
While many experts think that using an inhaler with a spacer or a spacer and mask is just as effective as using a nebulizer, that is really only if you use very good technique, which is hard with young children. For this reason, a nebulizer may be more effective for you, especially if you don't think that your child will use a spacer well.
Newer nebulizers for asthma are small, easy to use, and aren't even very loud. If you have an older nebulizer, especially if it isn't misting any more, you should likely replace it with a newer model.
