Profiles Index

Allergy Drops - Sublingual Immunotherapy for Allergic Asthma
Allergy drops, which is the nonmedical term for sublingual immunotherapy, are a form of allergen immunotherapy for asthma that can be used as a form of allergic asthma treatment for some people.

Pediatric Nebulizer Treatments
A pediatric nebulizer, also called a breathing machine, is used to give asthma medications in nebulizer treatments to infants and small children who are unable to correctly use an asthma inhaler.

Asmanex Twisthaler - Inhaled Steroid for Asthma - Asmanex Twisthaler
Asmanex Twisthaler (generic name mometasone furoate) is an inhaled steroid for asthma treatment. It is what is known as a controller medicine and is used for long-term relief and prevention of asthma symptoms.

Albuterol Inhaler - Asthma Medication Profile
Albuterol inhaler is a bronchodilator type asthma medication used for quick relief of asthma symptoms.

Qvar - Beclamethasone dipropionate - Proair HFA
Qvar, generic name beclamethasone dipropionate, is an inhaled steroid in a pressurized metered dose inhaler that is used to treat asthma. Inhaled steroids are a type of asthma medicine called controller medicines that reduce inflammation in the airways.

Asthma Treatment: Overview of Current Asthma Treatment, Asthma Medicines & More
Asthma treatment should be personalized based on your age and your type of asthma. Find out which current asthma treatment options might be right for you, from asthma medicines to alternative therapies for asthma.

Xopenex - Levalbuterol - Quick Relief Inhaler
Xopenex, generic name levalbuterol, is a fast-acting quick-relief inhaler that is used to relieve acute asthma symptoms. Similar to Albuterol, this medication relaxes tight airways, relieving wheezing and shortness of breath.

Methacholine Challenge for Asthma Testing - Bronchoprovocation
A methacholine challenge test is a test used to help with the diagnosis of asthma. Another name is bronchoprovocation, which means the bronchial airways are challenged, or provoked, after inhaling methacholine, causing an asthma-like reaction in sensitive people.

Nasal Allergies - Allergic Rhinitis & Allergic Asthma
Nasal allergy is the laymen's term for the medical condition known as allergic rhinitis. Nasal allergies can be seasonal (hayfever) or year-round, and they are closely related to allergic asthma.

Antihistamines - Allergy Medicine
Antihistamines are a type of allergy medicine used to treat nasal allergies and other types of allergies. Antihistamines decrease allergy symptoms by blocking the effects of histamine, a substance in your body that is involved in the allergy reaction.

Singulair (Montelukast) Asthma Medication Profile
Singulair (generic name montelukast sodium) is an oral asthma medicine that is used to prevent and control asthma symptoms. It cannot be used for asthma attacks. It can also help improve seasonal allergies.

Managing Asthma Symptoms: Identify and Track Asthma Symptoms
When you have asthma, learning to notice your asthma symptoms quickly, then deal with them, as well as tracking asthma symptoms, are all important steps to gaining asthma control.

Flovent - Fluticasone Propionate
Flovent, generic name fluticasone propionate, is an inhaled steroid that is used to treat asthma. Inhaled steroids like Flovent are a type of asthma medicine called controller medicines that reduce inflammation in the airways.

Combination Asthma Inhalers - Inhaled Steroids + Long-Acting Beta Agonists
Combination asthma inhalers are controller medicines that combine an inhaled steroid with a long-acting beta agonist in the same device. Combination inhalers are thought to be a more effective asthma treatment approach than taking each medication separately.

Advair Diskus - Asthma Medication Profile
Advair Diskus is a combination asthma medication containing fluticasone and salmeterol given in a dry powder inhaler to help with maintenance and prevention of asthma. This profile provides the facts you need to know about Advair.

IgE & Allergic Asthma - Do You Know Your IgE?
Knowing your IgE is important if you have allergic asthma, as this antibody is involved in both early and late stages of the allergic response. Do you know your IgE?

Asthma Causes & Asthma Risks
Understanding asthma causes and asthma risks can help prepare you for the development of asthma. The causes of asthma are diverse, but experts do know what many asthma risk factors are.

Long Acting Beta Agonists - Bronchodilators
Long acting beta agonists, or LABAs for short, are asthma medicines that control, or prevent asthma symptoms and asthma attacks. These are bronchodilators whose effects last for 12 hours or more. Their recommended use is in combination with inhaled steroids.

Obesity and Asthma: Is There a Link
Obesity and asthma—much has been made recently about a possible link between obesity and asthma. New research suggests that obesity causes asthma.

Short Acting Beta Agonists - SABAs - Quick Relief Inhalers
Short-acting beta agonists, or SABAs for short, are bronchodilators used in quick-relief inhalers to treat acute asthma symptoms and asthma attacks. Short-acting beta agonists should not be used for regular daily asthma care.

Immunomodulators - Asthma Medications
Immunomodulators are a new class of asthma medications that are used as an add-on therapy in people who have severe persistent asthma with allergies that has not responded adequately to inhaled steroids. Immunomodulators are a type of antibody called monoclonal.

Leukotriene Modifiers - Alternate Asthma Medications
Leukotriene modifiers are asthma medications that are sometimes used in combination with or instead of inhaled steroids in people whose asthma is moderate to severe. They are sometimes called leukotriene antagonists.

Oral Steroids for Asthma Quick Relief
Oral steroids, or more correctly, oral systemic corticosteroids, are sometimes used as part of a quick-relief plan for moderate to severe asthma attacks. Oral steroids are not the preferred quick-relief asthma medicine, but can play an important role in preventing relapse.

What You Need to Know About Metered Dose Inhalers
Metered dose inhalers are often used in asthma treatment, and learning how to use them properly is vital.

Red Tide and Asthma: Avoid the Beach During Red Tide Blooms
Red tide algae bloms and asthma are an unhealthy combination. When red tide blooms produce toxins, people who have asthma may notice an increase in symtpoms. The best way to prevent asthma is to stay away from the beach during red tide blooms.