Definitions for "Dry powder inhaler"
Keywords:  mdi, inhaled, powder, propel, dose
An alternate technology to MDIs that can be used if the medication being dispensed can be satisfactorily formulated as microfine powder, thus eliminating the use of a chemical propellant.
Similar to an MDI in that it delivers a precisely-measured dose of medicine into the lungs, however it is the patient's inhalation that triggers the medicine's release rather than the press of the canister. The medicine itself is in the form of a dry powder; currently Intal is available in the US in this form.
Medication device that contains a dry powder. These types of medications need to be inhaled quickly, as opposed to the pressurized inhalers that spray the medicine out and need to be inhaled slowly.