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I have mild asthma and allergy and i am using singulair (montelukast) 11 and seretide diskus 500 12 , symptoms are well controlled can i reduce the dose

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Dr. John Chiu answered

Need to see doctor: Check with your doctor who may test your lung function before trying to reduce the dose of your medication. In general, I do not use the 500 ug seretide for asthma control since the 250 ug one usually does the job

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Answered 1/22/2014

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I have mild asthma and allergy and i am using singulair (montelukast) 11 and seretide diskus 500 12 , symptoms are well controlled can i reduce the dose