Inhaled drug therapy for the management of asthma
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Prescriber 5 February 2015 z 23 prescriber.co.uk Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterised by reversible airflow obstruction.1 Over five million people in the UK suffer with asthma and the healthcare burden of the disease is significant.2 Asthma guidelines encourage a ‘step-up’ approach in pharmacological treatment to achieve disease control and a ‘step-down’ strategy when asthma is under control.1,3 In this strategy, inhaled drug therapy remains the foundation in managing patients with asthma. This review highlights the range of inhaler devices used for asthma, their advantages and disadvantages and the importance of inhaler technique. The advantages and disadvantages of the common inhaler devices are shown in Table 1 and online videos of inhaler use are also available.3
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