How Quick And Effective Is Glucocorticoid?
- Asthma in Children and Adolescents - Quick-Relief Medications
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Causes
- Risk Factors
- Prognosis
- Symptoms
Quick-Relief Medications
These medications quickly control acute asthma attacks.
Short-Acting Beta2-Agonists
Beta2-agonists serve as bronchodilators, relaxing and opening constricted airways during an acute asthma attack. A short-acting inhaled beta2-agonist, taken as needed, is often the only medication used by children with chronic mild asthma.
Albuterol (Proventil, Ventolin), called salbutamol outside the U.S., is the standard short-acting beta2-agonist in America. Other similar beta2-agonists...
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