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Podcast: Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals
Episode: Inhaled Budesonide Pharmacology
Description: On this episode of the podcast, I cover budesonide (Pulmicort) pharmacology. Our sponsor (Pyrls.com/rlp) for this episode is providing a FREE PDF of their inhaled corticosteroid categorizations chart (i.e. low/medium/high dose ICS) when you sign up for a free account!
The onset of action of inhaled budesonide is several hours up to a few days. Patient education is critical to ensure that patients stick with its use.
Budesonide does have a nebulized formulation that is often used in pediatrics and geriatrics.
There aren’t a ton of critical dr...