Question

Christy has exercise-induced and mild persistent asthma and is prescribed two puffs of albuterol 15 minutes before exercise and as needed for wheezing. One puff per day of beclomethasone (QVAR) is also prescribed. Teaching regarding her inhalers includes:

Answer 1

Beclomethasone needs to be used every day to treat her asthma.

Step-by-step explanation:

Beclomethasone is an inhaled corticosteroid which is used in the prophylaxis of asthma (drug of choice) .

It acts by inhibition of phospholipase A2 and also reduces the expression of COX-2 .

As beclomethasone is used in the prophylaxis , and it has an intermediate duration of action thus it needs to be administered daily in order to prevent the attacks.