Drugs used for asthma can be divided broadly into two categories:
Drugs that relieve the muscle spasm in the wind pipe (bronchodilators)
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These drugs are very useful to relieve the asthma attack symptoms. There are two types in this category short acting and long acting beta agonists. (more…)
Two long-acting ß 2 -adrenergic agonists (LABAs), salmeterol and formoterol, have been demonstrated to be safe and effective ag ...
Current internationally recognized guidelines indicate that symptomatic asthmatics using a low to medium inhaled corticosteroid ...
It is important that you understand what asthma medicine to flare up so that you can treat your asthma. Knowing how to control ...
Leukotrienes can be found in the airway and urine following both spontaneous exacerbations of asthma and acute exposure to bron ...
Regular use of ß-agonists has been known to lead to tolerance to their bronchodilator effects. It is not known how quickly toleranc ...