As I’m using my asthma inhaler this morning, I realize, why don’t we use inhalation for other medications?
Obviously wouldn’t be needed for everything, but things that need to act fast I feel like it would be effective.
The alveoli in your lungs are a direct connection to your blood supply, and seem pretty effective for the nicotine while smoking.
I’ve even seen it a few times in fiction like Dread or Cyberpunk.
So why not?
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Another reason is because it can be challenging to get drug all the way down to the alveoli for peak absorption. This includes coughing, the depth of inhale etc.
An easy way around this is to vaporize drug, but then you hit stability issues when you heat a drug. Nonetheless, there are companies working on this.
There’s this: New study looks at the environmental impact of asthma inhalers
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/30/nx-s1-5092423/new-study-looks-at-the-environmental-impact-of-asthma-inhalers
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