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…
Tag: Reliever (Asthma)
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…
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…
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…
A GP guide to severe asthma in adults
Need to know: Asthma is a heterogeneous disease characterised by chronic airway inflammation, reversible expiratory airflow limitation and airway hyper-responsiveness.1 × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling…
Children with poorly controlled asthma ‘falling through cracks in care’
The rate of hospital readmissions is climbing, Australian researchers warn.
RACGP criticises push to make asthma preventer OTC
The TGA will consider the unnamed application for inhaled budesonide later this month.
Peak asthma body updates smoking cessation advice
New asthma management guidance includes a role for second-line use of e-cigarettes as a quit aid.
Asthma council rejects advice on intermittent ICS for kids
An international body recommends simultaneous preventer and reliever use even with mild intermittent symptoms.
