Drugs used for asthma treatment

Finding out that you have asthma is not the end of the world or a life sentence. What you have to do is find out everything that you can about asthma and learn to control it. Doing this will enable you to life a normal life like everybody else.

The first thing to do to control your asthma is to avoid things that start your asthma off. These are called “triggers” and the only way to find out what yours are is to keep a notebook and write down things that set you off. It is then a good idea to discuss this with your health care worker to find ways to avoid the “triggers”.

There are quite a few treatments for asthma and they are dived into two main areas. One is a quick relief drugs that are used during an asthma attack and the other is preventing drugs that are used to control and prevent asthma attacks. Asthmatics must never make the mistake of discontinuing control drugs just because they do not have attackes. It is the control medication that is most important.

Quick relief or rescue medications can be taken when you start coughing, wheezing or has tightness in your chest. These medications are normally very effective and in most cases (as long as they are taken quickly enough) will prevent a full scale asthma attack.

Short-acting beta-agonists are the most general quick-relief drugs for treating asthma attacks. It is a good idea to use beta-agonists just before exercising to help prevent asthma symptoms that are caused by exercise. They work by soothing the muscles of your airways, and this lets you breathe better then you normally would during an attack.

It is very important to tell your doctor if you start to use quick-relief medicines twice a week or more to control your asthma symptoms. The reason for this is that you may not have your asthma under control, and your doctor may need to change your dose of daily control drugs.

Here are the names of the most common quick-relief asthma drugs: .

1 Albuterol (Proventil, Ventolin) 2 Metaproterenol (Alupent, Metaprel) 3 Pirbuterol (Maxair) 4 Terbutaline (Brethine, Brethaire, and Bricanyl) 5 Bitolterol (Tornalate) 6 Levalbuterol (Xopenex) .

It must be remembered that quick-relief asthma drugs may cause some side effects:

1 Anxiety 2 Tremor (your hand or another part of your body is shaking) 3 Restlessness 4 Headaches 5 Fast and irregular heartbeats. Tell your doctor right away if you have this side effect, especially if you have heart problems. You may be at a higher risk for sudden death from heart problems.

To find out if any of the side effects affect you, it is best to keep a note in you book when you are using any of the quick-relief drugs. In doing this you will know which ones to avoid or what you can expect when you do use them.

What every you do: do not run out of your medication and if you travel it is very important that you carry a good supply with you in case it is needed.

Moderate asthma sufferers, usually use inhalers, but if the symptoms and attacks are fairly severe then medication such as steroids can be taken orally. Common control drugs taken via inhaler include Pulmicort, Azmacort, Vanceril, AeroBid and Flovent.

Treatment with asthma control drugs work by concentrating on making sure that you manage your asthma effectively on a long-term basis so there is no reduction in quality of life. They work well because they prevent the airways becoming inflamed and swollen, they are also known as anti inflammatory drugs.

There are more natural ways of controlling your asthma and it might be worth you well looking into them. I will mention a few here:

Himalayan Salt Pipescan be a very simple way to make a real difference to your health. The Salt Pipe is a dry Himalayan salt inhaler that uses the ancient salt therapy to help maintain an optimum respiratory function, which will help you to breath easier. The Himalayan Salt helps by making your immune system stronger by cleansing the lungs allowing them to absorb more oxygen. The Salt Pipe is not a “quick relief “ method but more of a natural long-term way of helping you manager your asthma.

Asthma that is caused by external factors rather than emotion-related problems, are often linked to food allergy. It is worth looking up what foods are best to eat for combating asthma; a few of them are garlic, onions and sorrel (which makes a very good soup)

Aloe Vera extract can help treat asthma, but needs to be taken for at least 6 months or more before you can tell whether is is effective. It works in much the same way as the Salt Pipe, by building up your immune system.

It is very important imperative that if you suffer from asthma that you take the drugs as prescribed to ensure your symptoms and asthma attacks are kept as low as possible.

Asthma is regrettable and as already been stated it does not have to be a life sentence, many asthma sufferers lead a full and productive life and find their asthma is only a minor nuisance most times.