Asthma #1
Asthma #2
COPD #1
COPD #2
Mixed
100
In head to head studies in both ASTHMA AND COPD, this product proved to have statistically significant LESS EXACERBATIONS than Advair.
Symbicort SMART Compass Pathos
100
Which asthma medication CAN intervene the EARLIEST when an asthmatic has a worsening ( daytime symptoms, waking up at night etc)
What is symbicort
100
What is the name of Astrazeneca's new LAMA, that competes with sprivia
What is tudorza
100
What are the two components of Az's new lama/laba called DUAKLIR?
For formoterol + Tudorza (alclidinium)
100
This is the % of patients who have ACOS?
What is 20-30% These patients will require an inhaled steroid
200
When patients experience an asthma worsening, this is the unfortunately the medication they usually reach for.
What is ventolin
200
This medication is the most rarely used by the patient during an asthma worsening, yet it is the medication that will blunt an exacerbation from happening.
What is ics
200
This is the only LAMA on the market that does not require renal function monitoring. This is because it does not get excreted through the kidney, but it is hydrolyzed in the blood.
What is Tudorza
200
This is the one symptom patients can still have on a LAMA, that could require them to be stepped up to a LAMA/LABA such as Duaklir
What is breathlessness
200
In asthma, Patients tend to use their ventolin when they start to become symptomatic, yet what they really need is an ics to tame the inflammation that is causing the symptoms. These are the three asthma products that Require a ventolin prescribed with them
What is Breo, Advair, zenhale
300
How many days before a SEVERE ASTHMA exacerbation do patients start to exhibit symptoms, eg night time cough, increased rescue use, missing work etc
What is 10-14 days BEFORE an exacerbation. It takes approx. 2 weeks AFTER to fully recover. Your patient will have lost control of their asthma, for almost a month Tattersfield et al
300
Works as fast as ventolin, and therefore has a rescue indication
What is formoterol/oxeze /symbicort Tested vs ventolin in an emergency room setting. Average FEV1 was only 45%. ( Balanag study)
300
This inhaled steroid has shown a strong signal for pnuemonia in many of its trials. In head to head studies with another inhaled steroid, it was proven to have almost 50% MORE pnuemonia.
What is fluticasone ( Advair and Breo) Pathos study
300
This kind of COPD patient requires a laba/ics ( eg symbicort) if they have ........ ( two things)
What is exacerbations or ACOS
300
It's Friday night and your asthma patient starts to wheeze from the smoke at a bar. They cough all night and find their symptoms worsening On Saturday. You would like them to have extra ics, but your office is closed until Monday. Which product(s) can the patient safely " take more of" to quickly start to calm the inflammation and get relief? Advair? Breo? Zenhale? Symbicort? Ventolin?
What is symbicort (SMART)
400
Which asthma therapy has been repeatedly PROVEN to have the very LEAST amount of exacerbations
What is symbicort smart Compass trial
400
This is why using ventolin during an asthma worsening is not the best thing to do
What is does not prevent an exacerbation. It only provides short term relief. It only brings relief for approx 4 hours. The patient actually needs in increase of ICS to settle down the inflammation, and prevent a SEVERE exacerbation. Also, If this inflammation continues, it causes permanent airway remodelling...ie fixed airway disease.
400
This is the laba/ics combination product that has been PROVEN to have less exacerbations in COPD than it's competitor.
What is symbicort. Pathos trial
400
There are three main considerations when choosing a LAMA for a patient. They are efficacy, safety and
What is device
400
Copd exacerbations can be deadly. What % of Copd patients that have been hospitalized for an exacerbation, will be dead in 4 years.
What is 60%. ( higher mortality rate than some cancers)
500
Formoterol has safety data up to how many puffs per day?
What is 12? 8 puffs is the maximum number per day when it is in symbicort. Symbicort in Europe is 12.
500
The number of days before an exacerbation, where the patient starts to feeling asthma symptoms or rescue use increasing. They may have daytime symptoms, restrict their activities, have nighttime symptoms, lose sleep etc.
What is 10-14 days Tattersfield study
500
The two LAMA's product monographs, that warn for patient monitoring due to impaired kidney function
What are spriva and seebri? Only one that doesn't....Tudorza
500
Each COPD exacerbation will cause the patient's what to decline even further.
What is Lung function
500
Which is the least expensive treatment option for asthma patients?
What is symbicort smart $101 Symbicort + ventolin $107.25 Breo 100 + Breo 200 + ventolin =$300.25. $142+152+6.25 ( generic)
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