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The appropriate management of asthma and COPD remains challenging despite the availability of effective treatments. It must be acknowledged that merely prescribing the right medication is insufficient...
The primary aim of this review was to establish how to implement sustainable inhaler changes without compromising patient care and disease control in the primary care setting. This includes a review...
MART as a regimen works because it allows for automatic self-titration. By its very nature, the patient will take more ICS doses when they are symptomatic and default to baseline (preventer therapy...
Asthma is an inflammatory condition where the airways have become hyperreactive in response to a trigger (eg house dust mite, pollen, cats, viruses and temperature changes). The inflammatory cascade...
The National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) (Royal College of Physicians, 2014) investigated the clinical records of 195 adults and children who died of asthma between February 2012 and January 2013....
While the intention of this article is to review inhaled therapies, it is also worth considering oral therapies for asthma..
Questionnaires were circulated to delegates attending a series of evening educational meetings around asthma and national guidelines. As there is a growing plethora of combination inhalers, including...
Journal of Prescribing Practice shares the latest clinical expertise and professional guidance for non-medical prescribers. Our goal is to provide the knowledge to help you prescribe more efficiently and effectively.
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