Optimising inhaled therapy for patients with asthma

Sub-optimally controlled asthma is common, leading to preventable symptoms, asthma attacks and death. This is in part because of normalisation of symptoms, underuse of preventer therapy, overuse of reliever therapy, and poor inhaler technique. Ensuring patients are using the right inhaled medicine and that this is getting to the right place in the airways is critical to improving asthma control. This 10-minute practical article gives clear guidance on how to improve asthma reviews to achieve this. It has a handy visual guide to support good asthma reviews and an explanation that can be used with patients to explain the role of airway inflammation and how inhalers work.