This site is intended for Healthcare Professionals only
Asthma management
Introduction
Latest recommendations
The new SABA-free pathway
Transitioning from other treatments
How community pharmacy teams can help
Test your knowledge
Transitioning from other treatments
Well done, you’re getting there.
(
Transitioning from other treatments
New patients diagnosed with asthma should be commenced on a SABA-free pathway. Switching patients on older regimens whose asthma is poorly controlled to a ‘when required’ low-dose ICS/formoterol AIR or low-dose MART will take time and a lot of education.
The Asthma Right Care (ARC) approach is one way to help tackle this. ARC wants to create a sense of discomfort around SABA use (like antibiotics) and create ‘SABA guardians’.
Don’t worry, you can come back and finish the assessment in your own time.
