Question

A 24-year-old woman with mild asthma uses salbutamol two to three times per week and has had one ED presentation with an exacerbation in the past year. She is not on a preventer. You wish to follow the preferred Track 1 approach in the Australian Asthma Handbook. Which regimen is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Switch to a low-dose budesonide-formoterol inhaler used as both preventer and reliever as needed

Answer

Continue salbutamol inhaler alone as needed

Answer

Start regular low-dose oral prednisolone and continue salbutamol as needed

Answer

Start long-acting beta-agonist monotherapy without inhaled corticosteroid

Answer

Add theophylline tablets for daily maintenance and continue salbutamol as needed

Practice question

A 24-year-old woman with mild asthma uses salbutamol two to three times per week and has had one ED presentation with an exacerbation in the past year. She is not on a preventer. You wish to follow the preferred Track 1 approach in the Australian Asthma Handbook. Which regimen is most appropriate?