Since 2002, thousands of asthmatics both young and old have attended Asthma Care clinics throughout Ireland, Canada, Denmark and UK. The results have derived considerable interest from conventional medicine, asthmatics and the national media.

The expected results from patients is a 50% reduction of coughing and wheezing and a 90% reduction in the need for reliever medication within two weeks.

On average, the need for preventer steroid medication should be reduced by 50% within three to six months.

(Preventer medication must be continued alongside our program and may be altered only with GP consent.)

Summary of the most recent clinical studies of the Buteyko method for asthma.
(New Zealand medical journal)

In addition to reduction in medication patients experienced significant improvements in measures of quality of life scores, symptom scores, and also a reduced number of courses of oral steroids.

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