Alerts up inhaler use
July 23, 2014
NEW research from the Woolcock
Institute of Medical Research has
reportedly shown that patients who
use inhalers with reminders were
more likely to take medication.
Due to be published in The
Journal of Allergy and Clinical
Immunology today, the study
looked at 43 GPs who enrolled
143 patients aged 14 to 65 with
frequent asthma symptoms,
divided into four groups, the
Institute said.
Patients in the group which
received inhaler reminders if they
missed a dose and online usage
feedback took on average 73% of
their prescribed daily doses over
six months, compared with 46%
among patients who did not get
these reminders, it said.
There was no significant
difference in asthma symptom
control, which senior author
Professor Helen Reddel said was
possibly due to Australian patients
generally being prescribed high
doses of inhaled corticosteroid.
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