Thursday, October 22, 2009

Medicine Plan of Special Types of Asthma

The goal of a medicine plan for this kind of asthma is to help you maintain normal activity levels without asthma symptoms. Your health care provider will tell you how to prepare your airways for exercise or other strenuous activity. As with other forms of asthma, the key is to treat your airways before symptoms begin, or at least worsen.

For most people with exercise-induced asthma, inhaling a short-acting beta9 agonist within an hour before exercise prevents asthma symptoms. You can usually count on the medication working for about two to three hours. Other medications your doctor may prescribe are cromolyn and nedocromil. Again, these medications are taken before exercise.

You also may get less, and less severe, exercise-induced asthma if you use anti-inflammatory medications on a regular basis. You and your doctor will decide if this option is better for you.

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