Patient was educated on precautions to be exercised while using Salmeterol diskus as follows:
- Do not use a spacer with the Salmeterol inhalation diskus, as spacers cannot help powder form of the inhaler.
- Do not wet or wash the Salmeterol diskus and the mouthpiece. Always, maintain them dry.
- After loading the medication ready to inhale, one important precaution regarding using a Salmeterol diskus is to not drop the diskus or change the position of the diskus or breathe into the diskus. This can result in losing the dose of Salmeterol loaded and wastage of the dose. In case you lose the dose, load the Salmeterol diskus again with another dose, to inhale the medication.
- Salmeterol diskus usually comes with a built-in counter to indicate the number of doses left. The counter automatically adjusts to the number of doses left in the diskus, every time the diskus is used.
- Keep a watch on these numbers to order for a timely refill, as the number draws closer to zero.
