Manifesto on the overuse of SABA in the management of asthma: new approaches and new strategies

Author:

Canonica Giorgio Walter12ORCID,Paggiaro Pierluigi3ORCID,Blasi Francesco45,Musarra Antonino6,Richeldi Luca7,Rossi Andrea8,Papi Alberto9

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20072 Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy

2. IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Personalized Medicine, Asthma and Allergy, via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy

3. Department of Surgery, Medicine, Molecular Biology and Critical Care, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

4. Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Respiratory Unit and Cystic Fibrosis Adult Center, Milan, Italy

5. Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

6. Allergy Unit, National Health Service, Scilla, Italy

7. Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

8. Pulmonary Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata and University of Verona, Verona, Italy

9. Research Center on Asthma and COPD, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Abstract

The risks of overusing short-acting β2-agonists (SABA), including an increase in asthma-related deaths, are many and well known. The Global Initiative on Asthma (GINA) 2019 and 2020 updates recommend as-needed inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)/formoterol as the preferred rescue medication in mild asthma as monotherapy and also in moderate to severe asthma when the maintenance and reliever therapy (MART) strategy is used. Using SABA for symptom relief, however, was the standard of treatment for many years, and consequently this practice persists, particularly in patients not taking ICS regularly. Here, we examine the rationale for this shift from a long-standing recommendation for as-needed SABA treatment to the use of as-needed ICS/formoterol and consider clinical evidence on strategies for asthma treatment and patient management.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Pharmacology (medical),Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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