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- Scheduled, daily inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment is the currently preferred pharmacologic controller therapy for persistent asthma in individuals of all ages. Intermittent ICS dosing includes courses of ICS treatment used for brief periods, usually in response to symptoms or as an add-on with or without a long-acting beta 2-agonist (LABA).
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For individuals with moderate to severe persistent asthma already taking low- or medium-dose ICS, the preferred treatment is a single inhaler with ICS-formoterol (referred to as single maintenance and reliever therapy, or “SMART”) used both daily and as needed.
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• First check adherence, inhaler technique, environmental factors, and comorbid conditions. • Step up if needed; reassess in 4–6 weeks • Step down if possible (if asthma is well controlled for at least 3 consecutive months) Consult with asthma specialist if Step 3 or higher is required. Consider consultation at Step 2.
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Advise patients with asthma to continue taking their prescribed asthma medications, particularly inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) medications, and oral corticosteroids (OCS) if prescribed . Asthma medications should be continued as usual during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes ICS-containing medications
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The 2020 Focused Updates to the Asthma Management Guidelines contain. 19 recommendations that address the following areas: • Intermittent inhaled corticosteroids for people with recurrent wheezing or persistent asthma. This medicine helps control inflammation, or swelling, in your airways over time.
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- Inhaled Corticosteroids. INTERMITTENT ASTHMA. GINA recommends treating patients with mild intermittent asthma with as-needed inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) with short-acting beta2 agonists (SABAs) for children six to 11 years of age and as-needed ICS/formoterol in adults.4 However, the Focused Updates panel did not address this topic and carried forward its previous recommendation for as-needed SABA use.
- Allergen Mitigation. For patients with asthma who are exposed and allergic to a specific indoor substance, the use of multiple strategies to reduce allergen exposure is conditionally recommended.
- Immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is conditionally recommended as an adjunct treatment for patients with mild to moderate allergic asthma who have demonstrated allergic sensitization and evidence of worsening asthma symptoms after exposure.
- Fractional Excretion of Nitric Oxide. The utility of fractional excretion of nitric oxide (FeNO) measurements to guide asthma care in a primary care setting is extremely limited.
2020 Updated Asthma Guidelines: Intermittent inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting muscarinic antagonists for asthma—the latest NAEPP guidelines are SMART!
Intermittent use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) is an option for mild persistent asthma. In patients 12 years and older with mild persistent asthma, using both an ICS and a short-acting...
