In one aspect, the present invention provides an inhaler apparatus
comprising interior surfaces having contact with a medicament for
inhalation, the interior surfaces including an interior surface of a
mouthpiece and a substrate with medicament deposited thereon, at least one
of such interior surfaces comprising indentations or raised areas therein,
the raised areas having valleys therebetween. In certain preferred
embodiments, the interior surface is a surface on a substrate having
medicament deposited thereon, and in other preferred embodiments, the
interior surface is an interior surface of the mouthpiece of the inhaler.
In addition to providing surface topology for minimizing the area of
contact between the medicament and the surfaces of the inhaler, the
surfaces are preferably made of a material having a low surface energy,
and more preferably, also having, when uncharged, no substantial van der
Waals or electrostatic interaction with the medicament. Furthermore, the
material is preferably substantially chemically unreactive with the
medicament.