InSight+ by The Medical Journal of Australia, spoke with Dr Brett Montgomery about a “win-win” solution to improve asthma control for thousands of Australians while helping reduce the climate impact of asthma inhalers.
Dr Montgomery said that good asthma control relies less on salbutamol inhalers. If more people were using inhaled corticosteroid medicines, there would be fewer hospital admissions and also fewer deaths.
Dr Montgomery says that making the switch to inhaled corticosteroids won’t be right for everyone, and health professional advice is crucial.
He said we can have better asthma care, and greener asthma care, all at the same time.
Read the Insight+ article.
Dr Brett Montgomery is a GP and a senior lecturer at the University of Western Australia, and a member of the National Asthma Council Australia Guidelines Committee.
