Global Initiative for Asthma
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Sep 8, 2026
KCHOST
glad to be here.
KCHOST
Asthma is everywhere in clinic and the Global Initiative for Asthma, GINA, updates its strategy report every year.
KCHOST
What's new in the 2026 edition?
ZHOST
A solid set of practical changes.
speaker_1HOST
Yes.
speaker_1HOST
Organizations like the Lancet Asthma Commission and the Global Initiative for Asthma, commonly known as GINA, which acts as the global authority on asthma guidelines.
speaker_0HOST
Okay.
speaker_1HOST
They have already stated that in adolescents and adults relying solely on Saba relievers should be abandoned in favor of combination ICS for motorol relievers.
Payal GuptaHOST
Wonderful.
Payal GuptaHOST
And today we're going to be talking about the GINA guidelines, but specifically about rescue inhaler and how the rescue inhaler recommendations have changed.
Payal GuptaHOST
Can we just start with a basic definition of asthma?
Bill McCannGUEST
Sure.
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Bill McCannGUEST
Because the nature of this inflammation is once it gets going, it starts going and it's unchecked and it just feeds upon itself.
Bill McCannGUEST
And it builds to a crescendo of a really bad asthma exacerbation.
Bill McCannGUEST
So the guidelines that have come out through GINA, which is a global initiative for asthma, which is an international evidence-based guidelines that are really kind of our Bible for how we treat asthma.
Bill McCannGUEST
every year it's updated.
Bill McCannGUEST
Because the nature of this inflammation is once it gets going, it starts going, and it's unchecked, and it just feeds upon itself, and it builds to a crescendo of a really bad asthma exacerbation.
Bill McCannGUEST
So the guidelines that have come out through GINA, which is a Global Initiative for Asthma, which is an international evidence-based guidelines that are really s- kind of our bible for how we treat asthma.
Bill McCannGUEST
Every year it's updated, and there's really been this increasing shift to if you're having symptoms, you've gotta treat the inflammation and the bronchoconstriction together to keep you from getting into trouble.
Bill McCannGUEST
And that's really where this anti-inflammatory rescue comes from.