Boehringer Ingelheim HandiHaler User manual

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HandiHaler®
Instructions for Use
The HandiHaler is an inhalation device especially designed to enable patients to inhale the medication
contained in SPIRIVA capsules.
The HandiHaler must not be used to take any other medication.
Handling Instructions
Remember to carefully follow your doctor’s instructions
for using SPIRIVA.
After first use, you can use your HandiHaler for up to one
year to take your medication.
1. Dust cap
2. Mouthpiece
3. Base
4. Piercing button
5. Centre chamber
1. To release the dust cap press the piercing button completely in
and let go.
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2. Open the dust cap completely by pulling it upwards.
Then open the mouthpiece by pulling it upwards.
3. Remove a SPIRIVA capsule from the blister (only immediately before
use, see blister handling) and place it in the centre chamber (5), as
illustrated. It does not matter which way the capsule is placed in the
chamber.
4. Close the mouthpiece firmly until you hear a click, leaving the dust cap
open.
5. Hold the HandiHaler device with the mouthpiece upwards and press the
piercing button completely in only once, and release.
This makes holes in the capsule and allows the medication to be released
when you breathe in.

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6. Breathe out completely.
Important: Please avoid breathing into the mouthpiece at any time.
7. Raise the HandiHaler to your mouth and close your lips tightly around
the mouthpiece. Keep your head in an upright position and breathe in
slowly and deeply but at a rate sufficient to hear or feel the capsule vibrate.
Breathe in until your lungs are full; then hold your breath as long as
comfortable and at the same time take the HandiHaler out of your mouth.
Resume normal breathing.
Repeat steps 6 and 7 once, in order to empty the capsule completely.
8. Open the mouthpiece again. Tip out the used capsule and dispose. Close
the mouthpiece and dust cap for storage of your HandiHaler device.
Cleaning the HandiHaler
Clean the HandiHaler once a month. Open the dust cap and mouthpiece.
Then open the base by lifting the piercing button. Rinse the complete
inhaler with warm water to remove any powder. Dry the HandiHaler
thoroughly by tipping excess of water out on a paper towel and air-dry
afterwards, leaving the dust cap, mouthpiece and base open.
It takes 24 hours to air dry, so clean it immediately after use so that it will
be ready for your next dose. The outside of the mouthpiece may be cleaned
with a moist but not wet tissue if needed.

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Blister Handling
A. Separate the SPIRIVA blister strips by tearing along the perforation.
B. Peel back foil (only immediately before use) using the tab until one
capsule is fully visible. Use each strip of 5 capsules within 5 days of first
opening that strip.
In case a second capsule is exposed to air inadvertently this capsule has to
be discarded.
C. Remove capsule.
SPIRIVA capsules contain only a small amount of powder so that the capsule is only partially filled.
Shelf life
After first use, you can use your HandiHaler for up to one year to take your medication.

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OTHER INFORMATION
Supplier
HandiHaler is supplied in Australia by:
Boehringer Ingelheim Pty Limited
ABN 52 000 452 308
78 Waterloo Road
North Ryde NSW 2113
www.boehringer-ingelheim.com.au
Manufacturer
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
D-55216 Ingelheim am Rhein
Germany
CE 0123
This Instructions for Use was prepared in June 2021
®HandiHaler is a registered trademark of Boehringer Ingelheim
© Boehringer Ingelheim Pty Limited 2021