Australian respiratory expert says some doctors are overprescribing a combination of asthma medications, with fatal consequences for some children
Doctors are overprescribing a combination of asthma medicines which could prove fatal to some children, a leading Australian respiratory expert and paediatrician has warned.
Professor Peter van Asperen, a senior respiratory specialist at the Children’s hospital at Westmead, said doctors were failing to follow guidelines for asthma management in children, leading to drugs being inappropriately prescribed and lives being put at risk.
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