药物 to Control 哮喘
Our aims in treating asthma are ensuring our patients have a normal life style with minimal, 或者没有症状, and avoiding exacerbations.
We follow these principles:
预防
Please see the information regarding preventing allergies, and we recommend preventing infections by hand washing and appropriate vaccinations, and avoiding smoking exposure asthma.
药物
Rescue medications:
These are usually provided in inhaled or nebulized forms such as:
- 沙丁胺醇
- Ipratropium bromide
- In severe cases, we add systemic (by mouth or injectable) corticosteroids
Preventive medications:
If the asthma severity warrants, we recommend anti-inflammatory medications. These are taken daily to decrease, or resolve the inflammation, and therefore preventing the symptoms. We have 3 categories:
- Inhaled corticosteroids:
Flovent
Breo Ellipta (fluticasone)
Qvar (beclamethasone)
Asmanex (mometasone)
Pulmicort (budesonide)
Advair (fluticasone and salmeterol)
Symbicort (budesonide and formeterol)
Dulera (mometasone and formeterol) - Leukotrieneinhibitor:
Singulair (montelukast) - ige:
Xolair (omalizumab); this treatment is for allergic asthma, and is approved for children 6 years and older and is provided at the Center in the form of bi-weekly or monthly injections.