Medicines Used to Treat Asthma
There are two main types of asthma medicines:
Things I Should Know About My Asthma Medicine:
Controller Medicine
Examples of Controller Medicines
FloVent® (fluticasone) |
Pulmicort® (budesonide) | QVAR™ (beclomethasone) | Alvesco® (ciclesonide) | Singulair® (montelukast) |
Combination Medicines
Advair® (Fluticasone & saleterol*) |
Symbicort® (budesonide & fomeroterol*) |
* Long-acting Bronchodilator
Reliever Medicine
Examples of Reliever Medicines
Ventolin® | Novo-Salmol® |
Apo-Salvent®, Airomir™ (salbutamol) |
Bricanyl® (terbutaline) |
Oxeze® (formoterol) |
Asthma Medicines
Asthma Allie Says:
"Learn how to correctly use your inhaler, ask your asthma educator, doctor or pharmacist to show you how".
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