Brand/Generic
Brand name for albuterol HFA inhaler
What is ProAir, Ventolin, or Proventil?
Proventil HFA
What is a MDI?
(All HFAs are MDIs)
Picture pointing to albuterol inhaler where the mouth goes.
What is the mouthpiece?
A disease of the airways or branches of the lung (bronchial tubes) that carry air in and out of the lungs.
What is asthma?
Albuterol
What is a short-acting beta agonist (SABA)?
Generic for Flovent
What is fluticasone?
ProAir RespiClick
What is a DPI?
Picture pointing to the green button on the side of a HandiHaler.
What is the piercing button?
Shortness of breath
What is dyspnea?
Budesonide
What is an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)?
Brand name for montelukast
Advair Diskus
What is a DPI?
(All Diskus are DPIs)
Picture of albuterol inhaler pointing to the thing that contains the medication.
The high-pitched whistling sound of air moving through narrowed airways.
What is wheezing?
Salmeterol
What is a long-acting beta 2 agonist?
What is albuterol/ipratropium?
Spiriva Respimat
What is a MDI?
(All Respimats are MDIs)
Picture of an albuterol inhaler pointing to the plastic part holding the cainster.
What is the actuator?
A test in which a device that clips on the finger, measures the oxygen level in the blood.
What is pulse oximetry?
Singulair
What is a leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA)?
What is Xolair?
Symbicort
What is a MDI?
Picture of an Advair Diskus and pointing to the place where you put your thumb to open the device.
What is the thumb grip?
The tightening of the muscle bands that surround the airways, causing the airways to narrow.
Spiriva Handihaler
What is an anticholinergic or long-acting muscarinic antagonist?