Asthma and Understanding Medication Treatments

Asthma is made up of two components; inflammation and bronchoconstriction.

Your maintenance medication treats the inflammation in the lungs and needs to be taken everyday.

Your rescue medication relieves bronchoconstriction and quickly opens up the lungs.

It is very important to have good device technique to ensure the medications are getting into the lungs properly.

Rescue medication or ventolin can indicate whether your asthma is well controlled. If you are taking more than 4 puffs of ventolin per week, your asthma may not be properly controlled.

There is little benefit to taking combination therapy over separate inhalers.