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Can you lie down when using a nebulizer?
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No: It is a vapor. It rises. Doing it while lying down is just wasting the medicine. You need to sit up to breathe it in. Even ICU patients are put in a partially upright position when getting nebulizer treatments.
Answered 1/2/2021
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