Patient support resources
Select the resources for asthma, or resources for COPD tab for specific resources for each condition:
Resources for asthma
Please refer to individual SPCs for the full licence indication for each product below.
Poor adherence and incorrect inhaler technique can negatively impact patient outcomes.1,2 We want to support you in helping people with asthma feel comfortable using our medicines correctly.
Click on the download icon below to access our general asthma action plan, or select the ‘Learn more’ buttons to explore how to use guides and videos for each product. Alternatively, you can access the specific guide or video you are looking for from the underlined links in the relevant product box.
Asthma Action PlansAction plans can help your asthma patients self-manage their condition.3 Asthma action plans outline information and instructions on condition management and what to do if symptoms worsen.4 Support your patients by developing a written personalised action plan with them.
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Fostair®
- beclometasone /
- formoterol
- User guides and action plans:
- NEXThaler® 100/6 & 200/6
- pMDI 100/6 & 200/6
- MART Action Plan
- How to use videos:
- pMDI
- NEXThaler®
Trimbow®
- beclometasone /
- formoterol /
- glycopyrronium
- User guides:
- pMDI 87/5/9
- pMDI 172/5/9
- How to use videos:
- pMDI
Useful links
Explore further asthma and COPD resources from Chiesi and other organisations.
Chiesi Air for patients
Our dedicated website which you can share with your patients, and carers of patients, prescribed Chiesi respiratory products.
Asthma + Lung UK (for asthma)
Resources and support to help patients manage their asthma.
Multi-language action plans
Patient downloadable action plans in a variety of languages, provided by Asthma + Lung UK.
Asthma + Lung UK (for COPD)
Information to help patients understand and live with COPD.
NHS Live Well
Advice, tips and tools for patient health and wellbeing.
Smoking Cessation
Smoking cessation advice and links to NHS stop smoking services, provided by NHS Better Health.
Resources for COPD
For patients diagnosed with COPD or carers for anyone living with the condition, it’s important to find support from a reliable source. Below, you will find a range of COPD support resources available on Chiesi Air and other organisations, as well as information about our dedicated platform, COPD & Me.
Please refer to individual SPCs for the full license indication for each product below.
Click on the download icon below to access our general COPD traffic light action plan, discover more about COPD & Me on the link below, or select the ‘Learn more’ buttons to explore how to use guides and videos for each product. Alternatively, you can access the specific guide or video you are looking for in the relevant product box.
COPD Action PlansAction plans can help to manage COPD symptoms.5 Action plans are completed together with patients to help with condition management, and outline the best course of COPD treatment when symptoms are worsening. Download our easy-to-use, traffic light COPD action plan below.
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Fostair®
- beclometasone /
- formoterol
- User guides:
- NEXThaler® 100/6
- pMDI 100/6
- How to use videos:
- pMDI
- NEXThaler®
Trimbow®
- beclometasone /
- formoterol /
- glycopyrronium
- User guides:
- pMDI 87/5/9
- NEXThaler® 88/5/9
- How to use videos:
- pMDI & NEXThaler®
COPD management: the importance of patient education
There are many ways to manage COPD, with one of the most important involving the patient’s understanding of the condition. COPD patient education is an important part of COPD management, with evidence that improving knowledge leads to improved self-management,6 and therefore better condition control.7
Below, you will find a range of useful links to share with your patients to improve their knowledge of COPD.
Useful links
Explore further asthma and COPD resources from Chiesi and other organisations.
Chiesi Air for patients
Our dedicated website which you can share with your patients, and carers of patients, prescribed Chiesi respiratory products.
Asthma + Lung UK (for asthma)
Resources and support to help patients manage their asthma.
Multi-language action plans
Patient downloadable action plans in a variety of languages, provided by Asthma + Lung UK.
Asthma + Lung UK (for COPD)
Information to help patients understand and live with COPD.
NHS Live Well
Advice, tips and tools for patient health and wellbeing.
Smoking Cessation
Smoking cessation advice and links to NHS stop smoking services, provided by NHS Better Health.
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References
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- Kaplan A, Price D. Matching Inhaler Devices with Patients: The Role of the Primary Care Physician. Can Respiratory Journal. 2018; 9473051.
- Brennan V, Mulvey C, Costello RW. The clinical impact of adherence to therapy in airways disease. Breathe (Sheff). 2021; 17(2): 210039.
- NICE Asthma Quality statement 2: Written personalised action plan. Available at: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs25/chapter/quality-statement-2-written-personalised-action-plan
- Asthma + Lung UK. Your asthma action plan. Available at: https://www.asthmaandlung.org.uk/conditions/asthma/your-asthma-action-plan
- Trappenburg JCA, Monninkhof EM, Bourbeau J, et al. Thorax. 2011; 66(9): 977-984.
- Jang JG, et al. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2019; 14: 2603-2609.
- Zwerink M, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014; 2014(3): CD002990.
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