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Asthm
a is a chronic condition that affects your lung
s. You may feel
tightness in the chest, shortness of b
reath, wheezing and coug
h-ing. You can take m
edications to help keep it und
er control*.O
nce you’ve been diagnosed with asthm
a, your provider will
likely give you two types of treatm
ent:• Lon
g-term
contro
l med
icines. These help reduce your airw
ay inflam
mation and prevent asthm
a symptom
s. Your doctor will
prescribe inhaled corticosteroids. This type of medicine m
akes inflam
mation and sw
elling go down. M
ost people who take
these medicines daily find relief from
their symptom
s.
Take action
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Do you have asthm
a or do you have allerg
ies? C
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ur do
ctor to
confirm
the diag
nosis
for co
nditio
n-related
prescrip
tions. This w
ill help
the pharm
acy eliminate unnecessary
asthma p
rescriptio
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ers.
• Qu
ick-relief med
icines. These are also know
n as “rescue” m
edications. This type of medicine relieves
asthma sym
ptoms w
hen they flare up. Most patients
receive an inhaled medicine, w
hich acts quickly to open up their airw
ays so they can breathe.
Asth
ma A
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Plan
Em
ergency C
on
tact N
ame ______________________________________________________________________________________ P
ho
ne (_____________) _____________-__________________
Health
care Provid
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ame _______________________________________________________________________________________ P
ho
ne (_____________) _____________-__________________
Nam
e _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DO
B ______ /______ /____________
Severity Classifi
cation
In
termitten
t M
ild P
ersistent
Mo
derate P
ersistent
Severe Persisten
t
Asth
ma Triggers (list) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Peak F
low
Meter P
erson
al Best ____________
Green
Zo
ne: D
oin
g Well
Symp
tom
s: Breath
ing is go
od
– N
o co
ugh
or w
heeze –
Can
wo
rk and
play –
Sleeps w
ell at nigh
t
Peak F
low
Meter ________ (m
ore th
an 8
0%
of p
erson
al best)
Co
ntro
l Med
icine(s)
Med
icine
Ho
w m
uch
to take
Wh
en an
d h
ow
often
to take it
__________________________________________
__________________________________ __________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________ __________________________________
Physical A
ctivity U
se albuterol/levalbuterol _____ puffs, 15
minutes before activity
w
ith all activity w
hen you feel you need it
Red
Zo
ne: G
et Help
No
w!
Symp
tom
s: Lots o
f pro
blem
s breath
ing –
Can
no
t wo
rk or p
lay – G
etting w
orse in
stead o
f better –
Med
icine is n
ot h
elpin
g
Peak F
low
Meter ________ (less th
an 5
0%
of p
erson
al best)
Take Qu
ick-relief Med
icine N
OW
! A
lbu
terol/levalb
utero
l _____ pu
ffs, ___________________________________________ (ho
w freq
uen
tly)
Call 9
11
imm
ediately if th
e follo
win
g dan
ger signs are p
resent •
Trou
ble w
alking/talkin
g du
e to sh
ortn
ess of b
reath
• Lip
s or fi
ngern
ails are blu
e
• Still in
the red
zon
e after 15
min
utes
Yello
w Z
on
e: Cau
tion
Symp
tom
s: Som
e pro
blem
s breath
ing –
Co
ugh
, wh
eeze, or ch
est tight –
Pro
blem
s wo
rking o
r playin
g – W
ake at nigh
t
Peak F
low
Meter ________ to
________ (betw
een 5
0%
and
79
% o
f perso
nal b
est)
Qu
ick-relief Med
icine(s)
Alb
utero
l/levalbu
terol _____ p
uffs, every 4
ho
urs as n
eeded
Co
ntro
l Med
icine(s)
Co
ntin
ue G
reen Z
on
e med
icines
A
dd
____________________________________________ C
han
ge to ______________________________________________
Yo
u sh
ou
ld feel b
etter with
in 2
0–
60
min
utes o
f the q
uick-relief treatm
ent. If yo
u are gettin
g wo
rse or are in
the Y
ellow
Zo
ne fo
r
mo
re than
24
ho
urs, T
HE
N fo
llow
the in
structio
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the R
ED
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and
call the d
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ay!
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