Sorry, this may become a bit long.
After an flair over Christmas I realised I had no up-to-date action plan. My Symbicort/Smart was changed to Fostair a year or so ago due to thrush issues. And it has been ok, but I got no new action plan, and then Covid hit, and I just didn’t think about it.
Anyway, since Christmas I have been asking for one, and it took me until March to finally get it. Having cast a glimpse I put it to one side, and only today I have looked properly. It leaves me with a couple of questions.
First, over what period do you decide what is your best peakflow? Bizarrely, the one on the AAA is higher than I can remember blowing for at least 2-3 years, if ever, so it needs adjustment.
Second, also bizarrely I am down as MART, but have never been told (remember the Covid issue!) I am glad, but concerned they have put Fostair as my ‘instant’ reliever as well rather than Ventolin. With symbicort, though good over a day, I did not find it instantly relieved, and so I haven’t turned to Fostair for that. Is it as fast as Ventolin for relief? For me Ventolin kicks in after about 10-15-20 minutes, no faster, but it is certainly faster than Symbicort was! With Symbicort I even found that at first it depressed my peakflow slightly, but after , say, four hours it really made a difference!
My understanding is that I can take up to 8 inhalations of Fostair per day (Fostair 200/6), and I will read up, but is that other people’s experience too?
My next move is to copy my new AAA, and then scribble all over it, as all they have said is what they assume my best PF is, but nothing else filled in.
Oh, well. It will be the task for the day, calculator in hand.