Now is the time to make MART moves for asthma
Maintenance and reliever therapy (MART) is a combined treatment system for asthma where a single, combined inhaler is used for both maintenance and reliever purposes, instead of having separate preventer (brown) and reliever (blue) inhalers.
This system has many benefits such as reducing inflammation in the lungs, as well as providing quick relief from severe asthma symptoms, reducing asthma attacks and hospital admissions due to asthma, reducing prescription costs and it's better for the environment!
PCRS has produced resources to support those working in primary care to understand and effectively introduce patients to a MART regimen:
📄 Asthma action plan | ✅ Top tips article | 🖥️ On demand webinar
Always remember, the best inhaler is the inhaler the patient will use effectively and the inhaler choice should follow a joint decision-making process.
Asthma action plan
This concise and informative MART action plan can be used to effectively introduce patients to MART and support them in using it to successfully manage their asthma. Featuring a simple traffic light system and graphics to help your patients to indicate their asthma control, symptoms and triggers.
Top tips article
In this article, we provide some key points and tips you can use to recommend MART to your asthma patients and work with them to implement a successful MART regimen. The document highlights the benefits of MART, including being a simple regime (one inhaler), and being safe and effective.
On demand webinar
In this webinar, Katherine Hickman (PCRS Executive Chair) and guest speaker Noreen Grant (GP) gave an introduction to what MART is and the benefits of a MART regime. They discussed guidance on how to initiate a conversation about MART with your patient, what drugs are available, personalised asthma action plans, and safety and monitoring.
🖥️ Watch on demand from the 11th October.
We are grateful to Orion Pharma (UK) Ltd for sponsoring PCRS in developing resources for the Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (MART) in asthma project. The sponsor has had no input into the resources or webinar content.
Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (MART) asthma action plan
Maintenance and reliever therapy (MART) is a treatment for asthma where a single combined inhaler is used for both maintenance and reliever purposes, instead of having separate preventer (brown) and reliever (blue) inhalers.
Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (MART) top tips article
Now is the time to make MART moves for asthma. We have been using the separate blue (reliever) and brown (preventer) inhalers for far too long. The National Review of Asthma Deaths (NRAD) came out a decade ago, yet as a nation, we still have the highest asthma death rate in Europe. This is unsurprising, considering many patients still rely on their blue inhalers alone. However,
On Demand webinar: An introduction to Maintenance and Reliever Therapy (MART)
Let's be MART for asthma.