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Evidence Based Answers - Is Salmeterol Safe In Asthma?, Geoffrey Spurling, Jenny Doust
Evidence Based Answers - Is Salmeterol Safe In Asthma?, Geoffrey Spurling, Jenny Doust
Jenny Doust
Case history SW, 21 years of age, presented for a prescription for her salbutamol puffer. She had a long history of chronic persistent asthma usually exacerbated by upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). These exacerbations had occasionally landed her in hospital but never in intensive care. After a friend died of an asthma attack, SW adhered rigorously to her asthma plan and always used a spacer for her preventer, fluticasone. It therefore surprised me when I noticed that she had had no URTIs yet had been prescribed salbutamol by another general practitioner in the practice only 2 weeks previously. In response …