Asthma Medication

Two kinds of medications are used to treat asthma:
1. Controller medications
2. Quick relief medications
This page enlists some of the controller and quick relief medicines used to treat asthma

1.Controller Medicines

  • Inhaled corticosteroids (e.g. AeroBid, Azmacort, Flovent, Pulmicort, Vanceril,etc.)
  • Cromolyn (e.g Intal)
  • Nedocromil (e.g Tilade)
  • Anti-leukotrienes (e.g Accolate, Singulair, Zyflo)
  • Theophylline (e.g Slo-bid, Theo-Dur, Theo-24, Uni-Dur)
  • Serevent

2. Quick-Relief Medicines

  • Albuterol, Pirbuterol, Levalbuterol or Bitolterol (inhaled short-acting beta2 agonist)
  • Atrovent (anticholinergic)
  • Prednisone, prednisolone (oral steroids)

How much safe it is to use controller medicines to treat asthma?

In case of severe asthma with frequent attacks one needs to take medicines everyday. Controller medicines are th most suitable for using daily to treat prevent the revival of asthmatic symptoms. Controller medicines are safe asthma medications to use every day. You are advised to take controller medicines daily in the following cases:

  • If there are more than once instances of tight chest , cough and wheeze in a week.
  • If can not sleep properly because of asthma.
  • If you suffer frequent attacks of asthma.
How the quick relief medication should be used? Taking a quick relief medicine gives you a quick relief for the moment by stopping the attack. However, quick relief medication is the temporary solution. It lessens the number of attacks but can not prevent the airways from getting swollen more and more. And it is a dangerous sign to receive a severe and life threatening attack. Daily use of quick relief medicine to stop asthma attacks suggests to got for long term controller medicine.

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Some fatal diseases are there which are already well recognised and they have made mass of people their victims all around the globe. Asthma is one of them. The prime cause of asthma is narrowness in respiratory tract which leads to breathing shortness, wheezing and coughing. Different triggering agents like allergens and some environmental factors and eating habits are responsible for the development of this disease in human beings.
People of every age are found to be the victims of asthma all over the world. Even younger and new born children are not intact from this dreadful disease.
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