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Table 2 Asthma medication prescription and usage as a function of FEV1%, based on NHLBI guidelines given asthma severity classification[8]

From: The effects of indoor environmental exposures on pediatric asthma: a discrete event simulation model

FEV1%

  Prescription

  Usage

>80%

Albuterol

Take on days with asthma symptoms

 

One controller medicine

Daily

60-80%

Albuterol

Take on days with asthma symptoms

 

Two controller medicines

Daily

<60%

Albuterol

Take on days with asthma symptoms

 

Three controller medicines

Daily