Question

A 52-year-old woman with longstanding poorly controlled asthma uses her Salbutamol inhaler daily and has night-time symptoms twice weekly. She is on low-dose inhaled corticosteroid. What is the most appropriate next step in management?

Accepted Answer

Add a long-acting beta-2 agonist inhaler

Answer

Switch to oral Prednisolone long-term

Answer

Stop inhaled corticosteroid and increase Salbutamol use

Answer

Add Theophylline as the next step

Answer

No change; symptoms are acceptable

Practice question

A 52-year-old woman with longstanding poorly controlled asthma uses her Salbutamol inhaler daily and has night-time symptoms twice weekly. She is on low-dose inhaled corticosteroid. What is the most appropriate next step in management?