Daily high-dose ICS linked to adverse heart and lung events: study
Daily high-dose inhaled corticosteroids are associated with a fourfold increased risk of pneumonia and major adverse cardiac events in adults with asthma, UK researchers say.…
Tag: Preventer (Asthma)
Asthma council calls for caution with double-length scripts
Australia’s peak asthma body is urging doctors to be cautious with 60-day dispensing for inhaler medications. Starting this month, patients with asthma will be able…
Asthma deaths up 32% amid fading COVID-19 effect
Increased respiratory virus circulation and complacency around asthma management are driving a spike in asthma-related mortality, a leading GP says. National Asthma Council Australia reported last…
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…
Asthma in adults
Need to know: Asthma is a common chronic respiratory condition that affects more than 250 million individuals worldwide.1 Despite significant advances in our understanding of…
GPs win back PBS prescribing rights for kids’ asthma drug
GPs will be allowed to prescribe subsidised Flixotide Junior and Axotide Junior to young children once more after the PBAC partly reversed its controversial changes. It means initial scripts for fluticasone…
‘No evidence’ GPs inappropriately prescribed fluticasone inhalers: RACGP
The PBS ban on GPs initiating Flixotide Junior and Axotide Junior sends the wrong message to patients that inhaled corticosteroids are unsafe and that GPs…
Leading doctors call on PBAC to scrap asthma drug prescribing ban on GPs
Leading doctors are directly lobbying the Federal Government to scrap new restrictions stopping GPs from initiating PBS scripts for Flixotide Junior and Axotide Junior in…
Cash not care: Is the asthma drug GP crackdown all about money?
There is still no official word on why GPs have been banned from initiating Flixotide Junior and Axotide Junior under the PBS for children under…
