People using a blue inhaler to help treat their asthma are being urged to contact their GP. The call comes after changes in guidelines following research which showed long-term use of the medication ...

Brits who puff on blue inhalers to open their airways and ease their breathing have been urged to reconsider their 'asthma action plans' as soon as.

Why should people with blue inhalers switch? "Over a million people have been switched from using the standard blue inhaler to one of these newer combination ones," Dr Ranj said.

10:29, Tue, May 5, 2026 Updated: 10:36, Tue, May 5, 2026 Asthma sufferers who rely on a blue inhaler to manage their condition are being advised to speak to their GP. The guidance follows updated ...

Many asthma patients in the UK are being encouraged to move to newer combination inhalers instead. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Medicines a ...

In the first randomized controlled trial to investigate the use of a 2-in-1 inhaler as the sole reliever therapy for children aged 5 to 15, an international team found the combined treatment to be ...

Dr Ranj Singh appeared on BBC Morning Live to warn of overusing blue salbutamol inhalers ...

Research has found that children using 6 or more blue reliever inhalers a year are 3-5 times more likely to have an asthma attack. Reliever inhalers only treat the immediate symptoms and mask the ...

What type of asthma inhaler is right for you? In the U.S., 25 million people are affected by asthma. That’s roughly 1 in 13 adults and children. Asthma can be mild or severe. Some people with asthma ...

As reliever monotherapy for mild asthma, the inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)-formoterol combination reduced asthma attacks in children compared with a short-acting β₂-agonist (SABA), the CARE trial ...