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A member asked:

My spacer fell out 2 days after i got it. the one that was next to it feels sorta lose. what should i do??

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Dr. John Chiu answered

For asthma med?: I presume you meant the spacer for asthma medication delivery. It is usually somewhat loose so that you can clean the inside. Just push the parts back together since the fitting does not need to be very tight to do the job.

Answered 8/14/2014

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