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2. The #1 Thing to Do If You're Having an Asthma Attack ... - AOL

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   Rescue inhalers deliver fast-acting medication to open your airways when you’re having an asthma attack. So when you don’t have one on hand, it can be a scary situation.

3. Bronchodilator - Wikipedia

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   Available in oral and injectable form, theophylline is a long-acting bronchodilator that prevents asthma episodes. It belongs to the chemical class methylxanthines (along with caffeine). It is prescribed in severe cases of asthma or those that are difficult to control. It must be taken 1–4 times daily, and doses cannot be missed.

4. Anti-asthmatic agent - Wikipedia

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   An anti-asthmatic agent, also known as an anti-asthma drug, refers to a drug that can aid in airway smooth muscle dilation to allow normal breathing during an asthma attack or reduce inflammation on the airway to decrease airway resistance for asthmatic patients, or both. The goal of asthmatic agents is to reduce asthma exacerbation frequencies ...

5. Inhaler - Wikipedia

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   An inhaler (puffer, asthma pump or allergy spray) is a medical device used for delivering medicines into the lungs through the work of a person's breathing. This allows medicines to be delivered to and absorbed in the lungs, which provides the ability for targeted medical treatment to this specific region of the body, as well as a reduction in the side effects of oral medications.

6. Salbutamol - Wikipedia

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   Salbutamol is typically used to treat bronchospasm (due to any cause—allergic asthma or exercise-induced), as well as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [8] It is also one of the most common medicines used in rescue inhalers (short-term bronchodilators to alleviate asthma attacks). [17] As a β 2 agonist, salbutamol also has use in ...

7. Parents search for Flovent alternatives as childhood asthma ...

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   Flovent, one of the most commonly prescribed childhood asthma inhalers, is no longer being manufactured in the United States. This preventative medication is usually taken every day to help keep ...