Episode 622: Bronchodilator with Benefits? Budesonide-formoterol rescue inhaler for asthma

Um, so we've invited Emilie [laughs]

[laughs]

... onto the podcast to talk about the evidence around, uh, what, what I think the guidelines are now using, uh, or recommending a lot, which is sort of a combination PRN, uh, um, medication.

So it's the l- use- using, uh, budesonide formoterol as a rescue inhaler for, for asthma.

And so what was the clinical question you guys were trying to answer? And, and I think you did this with, uh, Sam, right?

Yeah.

So Sam Athemo who's a-

Yeah

... um, was a great help.

Thank you, Sam.

Um, so the question is, was really to look at what's the evidence around this budesonide formoterol used PRN or as needed.

Yeah.

So the, the, the, the th- the thought is, is, is instead of necessarily using maintenance inhaled corticosteroids is to use a product that contains both a reliever, um, which in this case is formoterol, which is a long-acting beta agonist, but also works as a short-acting, uh, beta agonist and, uh, i- in combination with budesonide.

So every time you have symptoms, rather than taking a maintenance dose of inhaled corticosteroids, you just use this single puffer.

And so you guys looked at all the evidence for that.