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When prescribing SMART regimen for a new diagnosis of asthma, do you still prescribe rescue inhaler (i.e. SABA) if they don't have it?
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Pulmonology · Tufts Medical Center
When using the SMART (single maintenance and reliever therapy), I don't add an albuterol (SABA) rescue inhaler. The whole idea is to simplify things for the patient so that they maintain their asthma control and get relief with the necessary via just one inhaler. Budesonide - formoterol combinations...