The chamber is for children, or elderly with impaired reflexes.
Inhaling at the precise moment you press down on the canister to release the drug is difficult for some people.
Some people can even use an empty toilet paper tube cut down to about 1.5 inches to help space the mist properly.
With things like albuterol, is that it is absorbed by the throat and mouth it will still work to dilate the bronchioles. But with steroid added, this tends to deposit and then go systemic and the dose is too small to work. And the risk of thrush is greater.
I used to use Azmacort, which came with its built in spacer.
I found it very handy.
This is what it looks like:
http://www.usermeds.com/medications/azmacort
Haven't needed it for years though.
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