All medicines used for treatment of bronchial asthma , can be attributed to two categories: drugs for the treatment of symptoms and for the implementation of basic therapy.
Medicines for symptomatic treatment
Modern drugs for symptomatic treatment vary in price and composition. There are various bronchodilators, i.e. drugs that help relieve or reduce cramps, relieve edema, and as a result contribute to the expansion of bronchial lumens. In the case of severe exacerbation, when it becomes necessary to stop coughing and eliminate choking, in addition to bronchodilators use drugs containing hormones.
Symptomatic drugs are Foradil, Oxis, Berotek, Serevent, Bricanyl, Euphyllinum, Teofillin and others.
Medicines for basic therapy
But drugs for basist therapy have different specific effects. Here cromone drugs are used, as well as leukotriene inhibitors. These drugs affect the body by reducing the sensitivity to allergenic factors, which allows you to slow down the development diseases. However, these drugs do not help to expand the gaps in the bronchi. Also, when basic therapy can be used and hormonal agents. They are appointed when you need to remove an attack. bronchial asthma or reduce the process of inflammation of the bronchi and prevent the exacerbation of the disease.
As a rule, doctors prescribe as basic preparations: Tayled, Pulmicort Benacort, Alvesco, Klenil, Bekotid, various versions of Beklazon, Asmonex. Also doctor’s advice may include Ingakort, Flixotide, Singular, Accolat, Omalizumab and others.
Basic therapy medication is necessary to prevent the uncontrolled course of bronchial asthma. In the case of neglect of basic drugs over time will increase the required amount of inhalants related to symptomatic therapy. If a situation occurs in which the number of basic drugs is insufficient, and the dose of symptomatic drugs increases, doctors say that the disease has passed into an uncontrolled regimen.
Important point in treatment of bronchial asthma also is the use of inhalation. Inhalers of the modern generation, called nebulizers, are easy-to-use and safe devices that promptly deliver necessary substances to the lungs, which convert the drug into an aerosol by means of ultrasound or compressed air.