Table 3:

Medications^* used by patients previously diagnosed with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, by diagnosis

Medication	No. (%) of patients
Medication	Previous diagnosis of asthma n = 181^†	Previous diagnosis of COPD n = 34^†	No previous diagnosis of asthma or COPD n = 127
Short-acting β-agonist	141 (77.9)	22 (64.7)	83 (65.4)
Inhaled corticosteroid	45 (24.9)	3 (8.8)	38 (29.9)
Inhaled corticosteroid–long-acting β-agonist	120 (66.3)	30 (88.2)	54 (42.5)
Oral corticosteroid	6 (3.3)	2 (5.9)	5 (3.9)
Long-acting anticholinergic	7 (3.9)	13 (38.2)	7 (5.5)
Short-acting anticholinergic	5 (2.8)	2 (5.9)	6 (4.7)
Theophylline	4 (2.2)	1 (2.9)	1 (0.8)
Leukotriene antagonist	20 (11.0)	2 (5.9)	5 (3.9)

Note: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
↵* Based on pharmacist report.
↵† A total of 14 patients (4.3% of the study population) reported a previous diagnosis of both asthma and COPD.