Medics have warned that some asthma sufferers using blue inhalers could be putting their health at risk. More than seven million Brits are living with asthma, according to Asthma and Lung UK. An ...

GPs have been advised to stop prescribing blue reliever inhalers alone for newly-diagnosed asthma. Instead, they should offer a low-dose combination of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and formoterol to ...

An urgent warning has been issued to asthma sufferers over the use of a vital treatment to relieve their symptoms. There are around 7.2 million people with the lung condition which affects the airways ...

“Be wary of [SABA] overuse. It is for when the patient has poor control of their symptoms, but should not be used for routine treatment,” said Holmes, a general practitioner (GP) partner at The Park ...

The carbon footprint of blue inhalers is being compared to a lengthy car trip in advice released to asthma patients as British doctors are told to switch out the sprays for a more effective treatment.

Stephen Hughes receives research grant funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care Medical Research Future Fund, The Australian Research Council and Asthma Australia. He ...