Colours

This may seem a daft question but is the colour of the inhaler anything to do with severity of the asthma and/or amount of steroid. Just a thought as I sit here at 2.48 a.m. Awake. Again.

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The colour represents the different kind of medication i believe.

ie blue is releiver

brown is preventer

green is long time releiver

orange is also preventer

red seems to be the only exception

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Pink and purple are combination inhalers

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In the old days granny when it was just becotide and pulmort on the Market. the shade of brown used to indicate strength . No with more different type of combo inhalers and newer steriods the colour system doesn't really apply now

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That's a bit of a coincidence as I read this a little while ago

nelm.nhs.uk/en/NeLM-Area/Ne...

You can't read the full article without paying, just the summary. Basically the summary says that not all manufacturers follow the conventions, worldwide inhalers are available in a variety of colours. The authors suggest that inhalers should have coloured dots or bands on them called ""U dots"" or ""U bands"" respectively to help patients identify the type of medicine.

Hope you get some more sleep tonight xx

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Seretide seems to be different shades of purple depending on the strength...

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my steroid inhaler is red and my long-acting reliever is white and turquoise :S...but here are also brown, orange, blue, green, dark purple, lilac, white, and grey!

confusing eh?