Use and over-use of reliever medications, cross-sectional observational study in community pharmacy 2017-2018
A survey of 412 people from Oct 2017 to Oct 2018, who bought a SABA inhaler over the counter from a retail pharmacy found that 289 (70%) were overusers, as defined by inhaler use more than twice per week in the past four weeks.
Other issues of concern from the snapshot of asthma inhaler purchasers in NSW community pharmacies in 2017-2018 include the finding that 74% of SABA inhaler users reporting not using a preventer daily.
Categories:
Asthma control, Medication use and asthma control
Entry Date:
01/07/2021
Source 1 Name:
Azzi EA, et al. Understanding reliever overuse in patients purchasing over-the-counter short-acting beta2 agonists: an Australian community pharmacy-based survey. BMJ Open. 2019 Aug 14;9(8):e028995. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-028995.
Source 1 URL:
https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/8/e028995