Using your own breath to administer drugs may sound like the stuff of science fiction. But patients using a device developed by OptiNose, a biopharmaceutical company, can do just that to treat inflammatory conditions such as chronic sinusitis, or to provide faster relief from migraine headaches and anxiety attacks.
“When you blow into the mouthpiece, the airflow picks up [a] drug, which enters the nose,” explains Peter Miller, the company’s chief executive.
