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By Kathleen MacNaughton, R.N., About.com Guide to Asthma

Still Confused About the CFC to HFA Conversion in Asthma Inhalers?

Monday June 23, 2008
In previous posts on this blog, I've covered the forced switch from the traditional CFC inhalers to the newer, supposedly more environmentally-friendly HFA inhalers. It's all about the propellants in your inhalers and what they might be doing to the ozone layer. I've polled you more than once to get increased clarity on asthma sufferers' issues with the switch and I've tried to educate you on how to get the most out of the new inhalers, since we're not going to have any choice about using them by the end of 2008.

But recently, I discovered a blog by a practicing physician named Dr. Matthew Mintz. Dr. Mintz blogs about a wide variety of healthcare issues, but unsurprisingly, he's devoted a few posts lately to issues relevant to people with asthma. One of them deals with the CFC to HFA issue in quite a bit of detail. I highly recommend you take a look:

Read Dr. Mintz' post here

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