Profiles Index

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.

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.

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.

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.