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Medications For Asthama
Quick-relief medications (rescue medications):
- Used to treat symptoms and exacerbations
- (Rescue Medications) Short-acting b2 agonists (for bronchodilation)
- Anticholinergics (for relief of acute bronchospasm)
- Systemic corticosteroids (for anti-inflammatory action to treat reversible airflow obstruction)
Long-term control medications (preventer medications):
- Used to achieve and maintain control of inflammation
- Corticosteroids (for anti-inflammatory action)
- Antiallergic medications (to prevent an adverse response on exposure to an allergen)
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (for anti-inflammatory action)
- Long-acting b2 agonists (for long-acting bronchodilation)
- Leukotriene modifiers (to prevent bronchospasm and inflammatory cell infiltration)
- Monoclonal antibody (blocks binding of IgE to mast cells to inhibit inflammation)
- Nebulizer, metered-dose inhaler (MDI): May be used to administer medications; if the child has difficulty using the MDI, medication can be administered by nebulization (medication is mixed with saline and then nebulized with compressed air by a machine).
- If the MDI is used to administer a corticosteroid, a spacer should be used to prevent yeast infections in the child’s mouth.
- The child’s growth patterns need to be monitored when corticosteroids are prescribed.