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Delivering drugs directly to the lungs has long been known to have particular benefits for treating pulmonary conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). By delivering drugs straight to the diseased tissues it is possible to improve the effectiveness of the treatment whilst minimising the drug side effects. Recently, efforts have been made to use the pulmonary drug delivery route to treat a wider range of conditions, including non-pulmonary conditions such as diabetes. However, despite the fact that the average human breathes 25 times every minute, successfully delivering repeatable levels of drug deep into the lungs is a significant challenge.
For a drug particle to have a reasonable chance of being inhaled it needs to have an aerodynamic diameter smaller than five microns and it needs to be inhaled by the patient at the start of their inhalation. Larger particles will end up remaining in the patient's mouth or on the back of their throat, and particles inhaled at the end of the patient's inhalation stroke will remain in the entrance to the lungs or will be exhaled.
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