A parent worries that beclometasone preventer inhaler will harm their child's growth and wants to use salbutamol instead. What would you advise the

Question

A parent worries that beclometasone preventer inhaler will harm their child's growth and wants to use salbutamol instead. What would you advise the patient?

Accepted Answer

Explain the preventer reduces exacerbations and should be used at the lowest effective dose with monitoring

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Advise salbutamol alone prevents airway inflammation

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Avoid spacer use because it increases steroid absorption

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Use double doses before school sports instead of daily treatment

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Stop the preventer whenever the child feels well

Steroid inhaler and growth concerns — GPhC CRA MCQ

A parent worries that beclometasone preventer inhaler will harm their child's growth and wants to use salbutamol instead. What would you advise the patient?