Posts Tagged ‘Asthma’
Medicines used to treat asthma
Drugs used in the management of asthma Asthma medicines can be classified into two groups: Relievers or Quick-Relief Medicines or Rescue Medicines These are fast-acting bronchodilators that relieve bronchoconstriction and it’s accompanying acute symptoms. Salbutamol, Terbutaline, Ipratropium Bromide, Aminophylline infusions, Deriphylline injections, Adrenaline injections are reliever medicines.
Asthma in the elderly or seniors
Asthma in the elderly Lung damage from smoking or extensive exposure to inhaled environmental pollutants causes diseases like bronchitis, emphysema, or COPD in the elderly. However, asthma is also a common cause of respiratory symptoms in this age group. Like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), also responds to anti-inflammatorv drugs. Thus sometimes it becomes difficult to differentiate between asthma and other forms of obstructive lung diseases. However, after a trial of oral...