Using a blue inhaler alone is not enough to manage your asthma
- Written by Stephen Hughes, Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, University of Sydney

Inhalers have been key to asthma management since the 1950s. The most common, salbutamol, comes in a familiar blue-coloured inhaler (or “puffer”).
This kind of “rescue inhaler” brings quick relief from asthma symptoms. You may know these inhalers by their brand names such as Ventolin, Asmol or...
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