Thursday, January 13, 2005

The Funhaler

Filed under: Pediatrics

The Sydney Morning Herald reports:

Medical developer Visiomed Group has announced the US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to its latest device to treat childhood asthma.

Visiomed said it had secured clearance from the FDA for the submission of the Funhaler which incorporates toys such as whistles and spinning disks to encourage children to take their medication.

More at Funhaler website...

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This is rtherridiculous. I had horrible asthma as a child and can say that taking an inhaler is not an "uncomfortable" or "shocking" experience, even for a 3-year-old. I'm all for making medical stuff less frightening for kids, but this is just too much. Inhalers of that shape/type are generally rescue inhalers, meaning that extra doodads are a real no-no, and it's likely to become part of the child's life... meaning he or she is just going to have to learn to accept it. (And why do things that are necessary for life--like inhalers, and food--need to be 'fun' anyway?) If they want to make something very unpleasant less so, they ought to look at nebulizer machines, and methods of drawing blood, and administering allergy shots.


Posted by: Amy
on January 18, 2005 02:04 PM GMT

Will the surface area on the inside of the device (specifically the funnel that narrows between the fun area and the mouthpiece) signifigantly reduce the amount of medication that reaches the patient?


Posted by: JB
on January 19, 2005 06:36 AM GMT

This looks like a crack pipe.


Posted by: Reason
on January 19, 2005 08:49 AM GMT

What is the per unit price expected to be to the USA consumer


Posted by: lois
on January 23, 2005 09:16 PM GMT