Two “preferred” regimens are recommended for ICS/LABA in Steps 3 and 4. In Step 3, low-dose
budesonide/formoterol as maintenance and reliever therapy has been recommended in GINA since 2006
(and more recently expanded to beclometasone/formoterol) as an alternative to maintenance low-dose
ICS/LABA with as-needed SABA, but to avoid confusion, both regimens are now explicitly shown in the
stepwise treatment figure and the accompanying text.