use ICS formoterol as initial asthma treatment
- related: Asthma reactive airway disease
- tags: #permanent
ICS containing treatment should be used in all asthma patients. Early treatment is associated with decreased exacerbations, symptoms, improved lung function.12
Formoterol has fast-onset kinetics (<5 min) but is long acting and is therefore effective for acute relief.
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https://ginasthma.org/pocket-guide-for-asthma-management-and-prevention/ ↩
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O’Byrne PM, FitzGerald JM, Bateman ED, et al. Inhaled Combined Budesonide–Formoterol as Needed in Mild Asthma. New England Journal of Medicine. 2018;378(20):1865-1876. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1715274 ↩