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Asthma Maintenance Therapy - Stepwise Approach 

Low dose ICS 
-> Low dose ICS/LABA or Med/High dose
Therapy - Stepwise ... dose ICS/LABA ... dose ICS/LABA + ... increasing medication therapy ... #Stepwise #Therapy
Chart of Inhalers for Asthma and COPD
 - SABA - Short Acting Beta-2 Agonists
 - SAMA
of Inhalers for Asthma ... Combination - ICS ... - ICS - Inhaled ... Corticosteroid - ICS ... pulmonary #lung #asthma
The 2019 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) treatment strategy figure for adults and adolescents, annotated to
Initiative for Asthma ... ICS: inhaled corticosteroids ... receptor antagonists; LABA ... #GINA #Asthma #Management ... StepUp #Treatment #Algorithm
Asthma GINA Guidelines 2019 
If Asthma is uncontrolled, first assess for adherence and inhaler technique -Then,
Asthma GINA Guidelines ... 2019 If Asthma ... increase stepwise therapy ... /LABA combos and ... Management #StepUp #Therapy
LABA/ICS Combination Inhalers
Long-Acting Beta2 Agonists (LABA) + Inhaled Corticosteroid (ICS) - Commonly used in Asthma 
Advair
LABA/ICS Combination ... Commonly used in Asthma ... commonly used in asthma ... COPD treatment algorithm ... #Pharmacology #Asthma
Stepwise approach for managing asthma in youths greater than 12 years of age and adults as
Prevention Program(4) Therapy ... If asthma is well ... are as follows: ICS ... #Stepup #Therapy ... #LABA #ICS #Corticosteroid
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
therapies for Asthma ... first-line therapies is ... overlap; ICS = ... corticosteroids; LABA ... #Differences #Algorithm
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Medical Treatment Algorithm ... escalation in therapy ... optimal inhaled therapy ... COPD #Treatment #Algorithm ... LAMA #SABA #SAMA #ICS
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms ... muscarinic antagonist; LABA ... long-acting β2-agonist; ICS ... GOLD2017 #LAMA #LABA ... #ICS #Guidelines
Inhaled Corticosteroid Inhaler Strengths
Beclomethasone	Qvar	100-200	>200400	>400
Budesonide	Pulmicort	200-400	>400-800	>800
Ciclesonide	Alvesco	80-160	>160-320	>320
Fluticasone furoate	Arnuity Ellipta	100	n/a	200
Fluticasone dipropionate	Flovent	100-250	>250-500	>500
Mometasone fuorate	Asmanex	110-220	>220-440	>440

Asthma maintenance inhalers should always include an inhaled corticosteroid
220-440 >440 Asthma ... corticosteroid (ICS ... on what step of therapy ... overview of what ICS ... #Pharmacology #Asthma