Specializes in Pediatric Allergy and Asthma
It depends: Decreasing your controller medication depends on whether you have well controlled asthma for three months or more. If you take the asthma control test which can be found online, it will help your physician determine the next step. Step down therapy is a term often used when a patient can decrease their use of asthma medication. There can be lung inflammation even when symptoms are absent.
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