A Patient with Asthma Asks Why He Must Take Regularly

question 4

Multiple Choice

A patient with asthma asks why he must take regularly scheduled systemic drugs when he can stop several asthma attacks each day within a few minutes of their onset by using a short-acting beta agonist inhaler.What is your best response?

• A) "Frequent asthma attacks,even if they are halted relatively quickly,damage the bronchial tissues over time."
• B) "If asthma attacks are uncontrolled they lead to the eventual development of lung cancer and emphysema."
• C) "Using only short-acting beta agonists will lead to drug resistance and then the drug won't work when you need it."
• D) "Inhaled beta agonist drugs only treat the constriction aspects of asthma and do not help the inflammatory aspects of the disease."

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