Switch patients to inhalers amid Ventolin nebule shortage: leading GP
A looming shortage of low-dose salbutamol nebules is an opportunity to switch patients with asthma to a metered-dose inhaler, says a leading GP. The TGA’s…
Tag: Asthma
Add-on biologic a boon for kids with moderate to severe asthma: study
Fortnightly dupilumab with standard therapy leads to rapid and sustained improvements in asthma control for 6-11 year-olds with moderate to severe type 2 asthma, research…
Asthma medication use in pregnancy ‘does not impair neurodevelopment in kids’
Corticosteroids and beta2 agonists are safe to use during pregnancy to manage asthma, say Japanese researchers who found no major impact of anti-asthmatic exposure on…
Prepare patients with asthma ahead of bushfire season: Aussie guidance
Patients with asthma should have up-to-date written action plans and a sufficient medication supply as the 2023-24 bushfire season begins, according to new guidance. The…
Thunderstorm asthma conditions similar to fatal 2016 season
Allergy sufferers have been put on alert for thunderstorm asthma, with an ambulance leader warning conditions are akin to those before Melbourne’s deadly event seven…
Bronchial thermoplasty ‘highly effective’ for long-term severe asthma control
Nearly half of adults with severe asthma taking maintenance oral steroids were able to completely cease treatment within six months of bronchial thermoplasty, Australian doctors…
Medical Must-See: Patient’s collapsed lung has fungal origins
A rare case of complete left lung collapse caused by allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis has prompted doctors in India to warn of the need to consider…
Infant food allergy signals later asthma risk: Aussie study
Infants with confirmed food allergy are nearly four times more likely to be diagnosed with asthma by age six than those without allergies, suggest results…
GP prescribing rights for kids’ asthma inhaler finally restored
GPs can once again prescribe subsidised Flixotide Junior and Axotide Junior to children under six after the PBAC’s controversial restrictions were officially scrapped over the…
ICS still overlooked as first-line asthma therapy: leading GP
A leading GP has called for wider use of inhaled corticosteroids for both adults and children with asthma to combat the overuse of short-acting beta2 agonists…
