An inhaler for administering medicament by inhalation, comprising: an
inhalation channel (24); a rotatable dosing unit (16) which includes at
least one dosing element (18) for providing a dose of medicament to the
inhalation channel (24); and a dose counting unit (42) which comprises an
electronic display (57), an electrical circuit for counting each dose of
medicament provided to the inhalation channel (24) and driving the display
(57) so as to provide an indication as to the usage of the inhaler, the
electrical circuit including at least one switch which comprises a contact
element which is one of opened or closed when a dose of medicament is
provided to the inhalation channel (24), and a rotatable member (45)
connected to the dosing unit (16) so as to be rotatable therewith, the
rotatable member (45) including at least one cam surface (51, 52) which
includes at least one cam (51a, 52a), each cam (51a, 52a) on each cam
surface (51, 52) being configured, on rotation of the dosing unit (16) to
provide a dose of medicament to the inhalation channel (24), such as to
cause movement of the contact element of the respective at least one
switch and one of open or close the same.