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25 Top Asthma Medications to Know About

If you have asthma, no need to fear. There are range of medications on the market that can help you both manage and control your symptoms.

The following anti-inflammatory drugs are the most effective long-term control medications for asthma. The drugs help reduce inflammation in your airways, prevent blood vessels from leaking fluid into your airway tissues and block allergic responses. The following are examples of anti-inflammatory drugs and other asthma medications.

1. Fluticasone (Flovent) - A corticosteroid used to prevent bronchial asthma attacks.
2. Budesonide (Pulmicort) - An Inhaled anti-inflammatory glucocorticosteroid for the maintenance treatment of asthma and COPD.
3. Triamcinolone (Azmacort) - Triamcinolone is a synthetic (man-made) steroid of the glucocorticoid family used for treating asthma.
4. Flunisolide (Aerobid) - Aerobid significantly improves lung function and successfully controls asthma symptoms for people with mild to moderate asthma.
5. Beclomethasone (Qvar) - Beclomethasone dipropionate is a corticosteroid that produces anti-inflammatory activity.
6. Mometasone (Asmanex) - A glucocorticoid steroid used to reduce inflammation in the nose and other airways.

These asthma medications are part of a group of medications called bronchodilators, which open up constricted airways and reduce inflammation.

7. Salmeterol (Serevent Diskus)
8. Formoterol (Foradil Aerolizer)

These inhaled asthma medications reduce the production or block the action of leukotrienes — immune system chemicals that cause asthma symptoms.

9. Montelukast (Singulair)
10. Zafirlukast (Accolate)

These inhaled asthma medications are sometimes prescribed to help prevent attacks in people with mild persistent asthma.

11. Cromolyn
12. Nedocromil (Tilade)

Other medications:

13. Theophylline - A bronchodilator in pill form taken every day to treat mild persistent asthma.
14. Zafirlukast - Used to prevent asthma symptoms and to decrease the number of asthma attacks in people 5 and older.
15. Terbutaline - Used to treat wheezing and shortness of breath from lung problems.
16. Xolair

These bronchodilators open the lungs by relaxing airway muscles.

17. Albuterol (AccuNeb, Proventil, Ventolin, others)
18. Levalbuterol (Xopenex)
19. Pirbuterol (Maxair)
20. Formoterol
21. Cromolyn

These medications may be taken to treat acute asthma attacks or severe asthma.

22. Prednisone
23. Methylprednisolone
24. Hydrocortisone
25. Albuterol