Prescriptions required for nebulizers in the US?

[eyespy]

This mainly pertains to the US and I'm just bringing it up as a topic for discussion not putting it forward as a fact.

Question - Is nicotine classed as a drug?
Question - Is 'Atomizer' just a different term for a 'Nebulizer'?

If the answer to both the above is 'Yes' then I think that the sale of e-cigs could be outlawed in the US now if the powers that be so wished.:

In accordance with 21 CFR 801.109 (b) (1) , the nebulizer, MDI, or accessory should bear the prescription labeling statement: "Caution: Federal law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician."

Reference Reviewer Guidance For Nebulizers, Metered Dose Inhalers, Spacers and Actuators

[dc2k08]

nicotine is not classed as prescription only drug even though it is a drug and a powerful one but thanks to big Smoke making sure their product is widely available, it is not likely that it will be classed as a drug as far as i can tell.

I have seen the atomizers called nebulizers but to be honest i just thought it was a "fancy" word they just made up. is there a description of in that link ?

[taz3cat]

I bought a new one 2 or 3 months ago and did not have a RX for it.

[Monroe]

There are two main types of nebulizers: jet and ultrasonic devices.

Jet nebulizers form droplets by using a compressor to deliver a pressurized jet stream of air down a narrow tube and through an opening. This creates a vacuum (through the Venturi effect), thus drawing liquid from a reservoir. The resultant small droplets of liquid are propelled out of the machine by the continued jet stream.

Ultrasonic nebulizers produce aerosolized droplets using high-frequency sound waves generated by a special crystal. Liquid drug is usually delivered to the crystal, where it forms a thin layer. Electricity excites the crystals, causing them to vibrate at extremely high frequency. This vibration forces the thin liquid layer through an adjacent mesh, creating a fine mist. Droplet size varies with the frequency of the sound waves created by the vibrating crystals.



I don't think our little battery operated heating coils would be considered either of those ^_^

[eyespy]

There are two main types of nebulizers: jet and ultrasonic devices.

Jet nebulizers ....
Ultrasonic nebulizers ....

I don't think our little battery operated heating coils would be considered either of those ^_^

By definition our little battery operated heating coils are nebulizers:

neb-u-lize
verb, -lized, -lizing.
–verb (used with object)
1. To reduce (as a liquid) to a fine spray or vapor; to atomize.
–verb (used without object)
2. to become vague, indistinct, or nebulous.

If you search though the various links in the link I posted somewhere it mentions heat as a method of nebulization.

Also from my original link it appears to suggest that federal law restricts the sale of nebulizers to (or on the order of) doctors.

Is this the case ? If it is then could not the federal law be applied to e-cigs ?

[jpc815]

This mainly pertains to the US and I'm just bringing it up as a topic for discussion not putting it forward as a fact.

Question - Is nicotine classed as a drug?
Question - Is 'Atomizer' just a different term for a 'Nebulizer'?

If the answer to both the above is 'Yes' then I think that the sale of e-cigs could be outlawed in the US now if the powers that be so wished.:

In accordance with 21 CFR 801.109 (b) (1) , the nebulizer, MDI, or accessory should bear the prescription labeling statement: "Caution: Federal law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician."

Reference Reviewer Guidance For Nebulizers, Metered Dose Inhalers, Spacers and Actuators

Having been a Registered Nurse for 30 years in the United States I have NEVER seen the word atomizer used for any type of breathing devices that have been prescribed for patient use. We use nebulizers which are larger machines used for giving aerosol breathing treatments with a mist of medication being dispersed but it is not heated, it is cool, we use the metered dose inhalers with or without spacers for the smaller "puffers" or "inhalers" as patients call them for self contained medications for breathing problems. Then there are vaporizers and humidifiers that you use at home for putting moisture in the air that you buy OTC in any pharmacy or most stores. But I cannot think of anything we use that is called an atomizer. I have seen perfume dispensed by atomizer before but nothing medical. As for Nicotine, it is most likely classified as a drug.

[Papa Lazarou]

nicotine is not classed as prescription only drug

It used to be in the UK. In the early days Nicorette was POM (prescription only medicine) status and, I believe, only available on a private prescription and not the NHS. Crazy really.