Asthma in Focus provides a useful reference tool for any healthcare professional involved in the management of patients with asthma, particularly those with a prescribing role.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Asthma: The Disease
3. Pharmacological Management
4. Management of Acute Asthma
5. Lifestyle Management
6. Monitoring Asthma
7. Drug Delivery to the Lung
8. Patient Education and Self-management
9. Asthma in Pregnancy
10. Beta-2 Agonists
11. Anticholinergics
12. Carticosteroids
13. Methylxanthines
14. Leukotrience Receptor Antagonists
15. New Therapies and Future Developments in Asthma Management
16. Compliance and Concordance
17. Role of the Pharmacist in the Management of Asthma

Glossary
Index

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