Asthma Medications

Your Primary Care Practitioner/Family Practitioner may prescribe medications to help you control your asthma. These medications fall into two general categories:

• Long-term control medications
• Quick-relief medications

Long-term Control medications

Control medications are used to prevent you from having an asthma attack.

Important: Take control medications as prescribed. You may not feel results right away, but the medications are working and will help you feel better over time.

Quick-relief medications

Quick relief medications are usually in the form of inhalers. They are used at the first sign of asthma symptoms. You will feel the effects within minutes.

If you use your control medications as directed, you should not have to use your rescue medications as often.