December 16, 2020
The updated guidelines recommend patients currently using separate inhalers for daily asthma control and asthma attack relief now use one combination inhaler in both cases.
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Two groups within the National Institutes of Health the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) updated their asthma management guidelines in December. This update is the first one since 2007 and several topics were due for review. The guidelines were published in December in
One significant change will affect adults and children ages 4 or older with moderate to severe persistent asthma who are using daily controller inhalers. According to the updated guideline, people in this group should now use a single inhaler containing both an inhaled corticosteroid and a bronchodilator daily as a preventive medication and for quick relief during an asthma attack. (Previously th