Ward, Jason2010-07-222010-07-222010-07-22https://hdl.handle.net/11299/92280The information provided in this handout does not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Minnesota Medical School physicians and faculty. These materials are provided for informational purposes only and are in no way intended to take the place of the advice and recommendations of your personal health care provider. You use the information provided in these handouts at your own risk.Asthma action plans fitted to individuals using medication dose training, asthma education, and allergy skin testing is unlikely to increase the chances that a patient will take his or her inhaled steroid (control) asthma medication. Intense counseling may reduce the use of rescue inhalers short term and allow patients to be more confident in their control of asthma, but the cost of such treatment reduces the overall benefit.en-USAsthmacomplianceself-monitorindividualinhaled corticosteroidsICSaction planadherenceallergyskin testcounselpatienteducationsimplesimpleillustratedpamphletOther