Do you routinely prescribe dry powdered inhalers over metered dose inhalers for the purpose of addressing carbon emissions?

Unfortunately, the choice is dictated by the patient’s insurance and there are few patients with airway hyper reactivity who may not tolerate dry powder inhalers. Agree in principle, hard to practice. Curious what others do.

Appreciate this question because we often forget just how inextricable the link between human health and climate health. More specifically, carbon emissions from inhalers worsen the respiratory conditions they are intended to treat. Inhaler prescriptions filled by CMS beneficiaries in 2022 were equi...