GPs have been advised to stop prescribing blue reliever inhalers alone for newly-diagnosed asthma. Instead, they should offer a low-dose combination of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and formoterol to ...

“Be wary of [SABA] overuse. It is for when the patient has poor control of their symptoms, but should not be used for routine treatment,” said Holmes, a general practitioner (GP) partner at The Park ...

Blue reliever inhalers act quickly to treat symptoms and attacks, and people need to carry them for if their asthma flares up. However, a new warning from the regulator, the UK's Medicines and ...

One of the most widely-used asthma and breathing treatments for over 20 years is being taken off the shelves in 2024, potentially leaving patients, healthcare providers and insurers scrambling.

The carbon footprint of blue inhalers is being compared to a lengthy car trip in advice released to asthma patients as British doctors are told to switch out the sprays for a more effective treatment.