Underuse of maintenance therapy and the over-reliance on reliever: asthma case study

A best practice approach to achieving symptom control
Dr Russell Wiseman
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7 October 2021
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Over-use of short-acting inhaled β2agonists (SABAs) is common among asthma patients. This case study highlights the problem of uncontrolled asthma and lays out a best practice approach to achieving symptom control.

Julie*, 52, is a married retail worker with two children. She is a life-long non-smoker, does very little exercise and has a BMI of 30.

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