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Inhalants for Teens
Household products are safe for cleaning, painting, and the other things they're meant to do. But as inhalants, they can cause serious problems, even death.
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Definition: Inhaler for Parents
Inhalers are portable handheld devices that deliver medication - in a form that the person breathes in - directly to the lungs, unlike a pill or liquid that's swallowed.
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Definition: Inhaler for Teens
An inhaler is a device that gets medicine directly into a person's lungs.
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What's an Inhaler? for Kids
An inhaler is a plastic tube that holds a container of medicine that comes out in a spray and is breathed into the lungs.
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What Are Inhalants? for Parents
Inhalants like glue are sniffed or huffed to give the user a high. Doing it even once can be fatal.
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What Does Inhale Mean? for Kids
You're doing it now . . . and now . . . and now . . . and now!
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What Are Nebulizers and Inhalers? for Parents
Find out how these asthma tools help kids take their medicines.
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What's the Difference Between a Nebulizer and an Inhaler? for Teens
Inhalers and nebulizers are tools that help you get asthma medicine into the lungs. Find out how to use them.
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What's the Difference Between a Nebulizer and an Inhaler? for Kids
People use inhalers and nebulizers to get asthma medicine into their lungs. Find out more in this article for kids.
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My Asthma Inhaler Doesn't Help. What Can I Do? for Teens
It's very common for teens with asthma to need changes in their medicines, such as a higher dose.
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