Table 1.

Medication treatment steps.

Stepa	Medication
1	As needed rapid-acting beta2-agonistb
2	Low-dose inhaled glucocorticosteroids
3a	Low-dose inhaled glucocorticosteroids + long-acting beta2-agonist
3b	Medium-dose inhaled glucocorticosteroids
3c	High-dose inhaled glucocorticosteroids
4a	Medium-dose inhaled glucocorticosteroids + long-acting beta2-agonist
4b	High-dose inhaled glucocorticosteroids + long-acting beta2-agonist
4c	Contact RN or other health care provider: consider addition of leukotriene modifier
5	Contact RN or other health care provider: consider addition of oral glucocorticosteroids

^aStep numbers correspond with GINA guideline treatment steps [3].

^bApplies to all treatment steps as this is reliever medication.