Simple preventive measures help keep you breathing

Breathe.

Sounds simple.

Not if you have an asthma attack.

Simple preventive measures to help keep you breathing.

• Asthma medications can save your life
• Know where your medications are!
• Keep your medication with you at all times.
• Make sure that you are aware of your need for refills.
• Know how many puffs you have left.
• Know how many refills are left.
• At the bottom of every prescription there is a number that indicates how many refills you have left.
• Keep track of your asthma medications, how full they are, how many puffs there are left, and where they are.
• In the winter months, have the courage to ask your doctor for an emergency bottle of prednisone for emergencies.
• Know our pharmacy phone number.
• Know your doctor's emergency phone number.

It takes teamwork to manage your asthma. Your family and friends are on your team. Your parents are on your team. Your siblings are on your team. Your pediatrician is on your team. By working together, by keeping track of all of your symptoms and making sure that you have the appropriate medications. You can manage your asthma.

Parents, know our pediatrician's emergency phone number and during the winter during the high season for asthma, have the courage to ask your pediatrician for an emergency bottle of prednisone if appropriate for your child.

Asthma can be managed.

Simple preventive measures will help keep you breathing.