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Abstract

An aerosol inhalation apparatus for dispensing a medication, such as but not limited to cyclosporine, includes a disposable aerosol inhalation device for use in producing properly sized particles as a mist. The disposable device includes a nebulizer, a first conduit, a second conduit, a third conduit and a fourth conduit. Exhalation to an entrapping Hepa filter is effected via the third conduit which has a one-way valve therein. The first and second conduits, respectively, communicate with a baffled nebulizer and the ambient, a one-way valve being provided within the second conduit. The apparatus includes a mouthpiece having a shut-off arrangement allowing passage of the aerosol therethrough when the mouthpiece is within the patient's mouth. The shut-off arrangement is closed when the mouth piece is out of the patient's mouth to minimize possible contamination of the ambient by discharge of the aerosol mist through the mouthpiece into the ambient.

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