Category list : Asthma
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Working group set up to cut climate change impact of asthma inhalers Subscription
A national working group has been set up to reduce the climate change impact of asthma inhalers and help meet carbon emissions targets laid out in the ‘NHS Long Term Plan’.
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Why we need write access to patient summary care records Subscription
A patient came into our pharmacy requesting an emergency supply of a salbutamol inhaler recently. He lives elsewhere but was working locally. We accessed his summary care record (SCR) and, to our surprise, discovered that he had not been prescribed anything since 2015. Before then, he was regularly prescribed beclomethasone and salbutamol inhalers. In addition, the surgery details he provided were incorrect.
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Why we must urgently rethink prescribing short-acting bronchodilators for asthma Subscription
Guidelines from the Global Initiative for Asthma present a radical overhaul of the way we manage asthma; but our current approach isn’t working, and nothing will change if it is not challenged.
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WHO calls for effort against asthma
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for “international efforts” against asthma in its revised bronchial asthma fact sheet (number 206) published this month. It says that action is needed to increase public awareness of the disease and to co-ordinate worldwide epidemiological surveillance to identify both global and regional trends in asthma.
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We need more investment in diagnostics for asthma Subscription
Recent headlines in national media have declared that asthma is ‘overdiagnosed and trivialised’. But as I am sure your readers know, these news stories are masking a deeper issue: there is no simple diagnostic test for asthma. It is shocking that in the 21st century we still do not have a simple test to be able to tell if someone has asthma, a condition so ...
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Vitamin D reduces the rate of severe asthma attacks
Vitamin D supplementation can reduce the risk of severe asthma attacks by over a third, a systematic review has found.
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Vitamin D reduces risk of hospitalisation for asthma attacks
Taking oral vitamin D supplements as well as standard asthma medication halves the rate of asthma attacks requiring hospital attendance, and cuts the likelihood an asthma attack will require treatment with systemic steroids by almost a third.
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Very poorly controlled asthma lasts more than a decade for half of patients Subscription
Ten-year follow up of 341 patients shows 48% still had VPC asthma despite standard treatment.
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Ventolin remains a breath of fresh air for asthma sufferers, after 40 years Subscription
Christopher Icha SUMMARY
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Ventmax SR capsules discontinued Subscription
Chiesi has discontinued Ventmax (salbutamol sulphate) SR capsules 4mg and 8mg with immediate effect. Medical information is available on 0161 488 5555.
