When would you recommend prescribing an asthmatic patient budesonide/salbutamol rather than budesonide/formoterol?  

This is another example of two approaches to the same issue (i.e. adding inhaled steroid to a rescue B2 adrenergic agent) which is actually more theoretical than practical since no head-to-head studies have been reported. For me, there is an intrinsic value to using a rapid onset LABA (i.e. formote...

I can’t think of a reason to switch other than insurance coverage. ADDING AirSupra as rescue (instead of albuterol alone) to twice daily Symbicort could be beneficial as SMART therapy to decrease exacerbations i.e. since most insurance will only pay for one inhaler (120 puffs/month) of Symbico...