Insights from the AUSTRI study on reliever use before and after asthma exacerbations

Clinical Implications In clinical practice, attention to high or rising reliever use may help prevent exacerbations, by prompting patients to implement their action plan and reminding them to take their regular controller therapy. If reliever data were available in real-time, they could alert the patient and/or clinician to an impending exacerbation, and could identify patients with ongoing high reliever use, who may be at greater risk of exacerbation.