There are two main types of puffers or inhalers for asthma: “relievers” and “preventers”. Relievers are used to open up the airways (bronchodilation). Constricted airways are experienced as shortness ...

If you’re an asthma sufferer, or are friends with, related to or dating one, you likely have a little blue puffer in a bag, car, or cabinet somewhere. Now, the guidelines for treating asthma have been ...

Brett Montgomery works as a general practitioner, and regularly treats people with asthma. He also has asthma himself. He is affiliated with several organisations whose policy interests include ...

The new guidelines urge health professionals to move away from short-acting beta2 agonists (SABA) – commonly known as blue puffers – as a stand-alone treatment for adults and adolescents over the age ...