本港即将踏入秋季，哮喘病容易发作，但要小心使用短效气管舒张剂（SABA）。香港大学研究发现，近6成哮喘患者每年需使用3支或以上SABA，属过度依赖，增加入院及死亡风险。香港哮喘会建议，哮喘患者要跟从医护人员指示用药，确保使用吸入器的方法正确，并使用哮 ...

Consider inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)-formoterol combination inhaler regimens The Global Initiative for Asthma now recommends using ICS-formoterol combination inhalers, instead of separate preventer ...

The updated 2019 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines, now recommending inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) in combination with the long-acting beta2-agonist (LABA) formoterol as preferred ...

Seretide/Advair (fluticasone propionate + salmeterol; GlaxoSmithKline) and Symbicort (budesonide + formoterol fumarate dihydrate; AstraZeneca), which are ICS–LABA combinations, are other popular ...

Adherence to inhaled corticosteroid preventer therapy can be encouraged by explaining the role of airway inflammation in causing asthma symptoms and considering the use of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) ...

All used dry powder budesonide and formoterol as the combination inhaler. Two studies included children aged 12+ years and two studies were open-label. FABA/ICS as-required versus FABA as-required ...

Formoterol Fumarate: Following inhaled administration ... Inform patients that long-term use of ICS may increase the risk of some eye problems (cataracts or glaucoma); consider regular eye ...

The systemic effects seen over eight hours after inhalation of three doses of salmeterol and formoterol were therefore compared in normal subjects. RESULTS Both salmeterol and formoterol caused an ...

COPD patients treated with formoterol presented a greater reduction in the mean total SGRQ score (WMD, -4.81; 95% CI, -7.28 to -2.33) compared with patients who received salmeterol (-2.06 ...

The standard reliever inhaler (short acting beta agonists - SABA) only opens up the breathing tubes (airways). The new inhaler ICS (inhaled corticosteroids)-Formoterol is called a combination inhaler.