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- Title
Rolul farmacistului în managementul astmului bronșic al adultului.
- Authors
Marineci, Cristina Daniela; Ștefănescu, Emil; Voicu, Mirela; Șeremet, Oana Cristina
- Abstract
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways of the lung, whose symptoms are recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and coughing. Daily medication is used in persistent asthma in order to achieve control. Inhaled corticosteroids have great efficacy, because they treat the inflammatory cause of asthma; they also have a good safety profile. In a stepwise approach, long-acting beta agonist and other drugs are used along inhaled corticosteroid as controller therapy. During asthma exacerbations, short-acting beta2 agonists are the preferred therapy. The patient should know how important is to adhere to chronic use of inhaled drugs. They also should know how and when to use the controller medication and quick-relief drugs. The pharmacists should be able to provide education to the patient and to counsel the patient on proper use of inhalers. The present paper reviews actual guideline for asthma management and drugs for asthma available in Romania.
- Publication
Farmacist.ro, 2017, Issue 4, p50
- ISSN
1584-6539
- Publication type
Article