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Comparative Study
. 2014 Nov;69(11):1056-8.
doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204944. Epub 2014 Jan 15.

Changes to inhaled corticosteroid dose when initiating combination inhaler therapy in long-acting β agonist-naïve patients with asthma: a retrospective database analysis

Jordan R Covvey  1 , Blair F Johnston  1 , Fraser Wood  2 , Anne C Boyter  1
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Comparative Study

Changes to inhaled corticosteroid dose when initiating combination inhaler therapy in long-acting β agonist-naïve patients with asthma: a retrospective database analysis

Jordan R Covvey et al. Thorax. 2014 Nov.
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Abstract

Retrospective prescribing data were obtained from 46 general practice surgeries in NHS Scotland. Patients with asthma who were naïve to previous long-acting β agonist therapy and initiated combination inhaler therapy in 2008-2009 were classified according to the inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) dose in their combination inhaler compared with the highest dose of ICS they received before initiation. Among the 685 patients (541 (79.0%) who had been prescribed an ICS previously), those originally on low-, medium- or high-dose ICS were changed to high-dose combination therapy in 122/250 (48.8%), 94/151 (62.3%) or 85/113 (75.2%) cases in each ICS dose category, respectively. These results suggest that evaluation of appropriate high-dose ICS prescribing in general practice is needed.

Keywords: Asthma Epidemiology; Asthma Guidelines; Asthma in primary care.

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