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Patients not filling asthma medication prescriptions. (Few using Controller Agents).

Publication: Internal Medicine News

Publication Date: 01-JUN-03

Author: Boschert, Sherry
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COPYRIGHT 2003 International Medical News Group

DENVER -- Three months after visiting an emergency room or being hospitalized for an acute asthma attack, only a quarter of patients are using asthma controller medications, Adam Atherly, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.

A study of 747 patients hospitalized for asthma and 464 treated in emergency rooms showed...

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