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Sometimes preventers or relievers may not be doing enough to control your asthma. When this happens, your doctor will assess the situation and may prescribe additional medicine. This is known as ‘add-on’ therapy. The aim is to give you the best possible control of your asthma.
Long acting Beta 2 agonists
These bronchodilator medicines cause the airways to relax and widen. They include salmeterol and formoterol, which last for about 12 hours. Therefore, twice daily dosage will keep the airways constantly open.
Long acting beta-2 agonists available in Ireland:
Foradil
Oxis turbohaler
Serevent inhaler
Serevent diskus
Serevent rotadisks
Leukotriene receptor antagonists
Leukotrienes are released by inflammatory cells in the lungs and act to constrict the airways. These medications block this effect and therefore, widen the airway.
Leukotrienes available in Ireland include:
Accolate
Accolate 20mg tablets
Singulair 4mg paediatric granules
Singulair 4mg paediatric tablets
Singulair 5mg paediatric tablets
Singulair 10mg paediatric tablets
Theophyllines
These medicines are given in tablet form.
Theophyllines available in Ireland include:
Neulin liquid
Neulin SA
Neulin SA-250
Phyllocontin continus
Phyllocontin paediatric continus tablets
For more information, contact the Asthma Society of Ireland on freephone, 1850 44 54 64.
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