Health Tip: Controlling Asthma

Candidates for daily medication

6th July 2009 HCFU New Delhi: Drugs to control asthma may be used every day, without the fear of becoming addicted, said Dr KK Aggarwal President Heart Care Foundation of India and Director IMAAKN Sinha Institute.

The controller drugs in the form of inhalers prevent inflammation making users feel better and breathe easier.

Following people are candidates for a daily controller medication:

• People who have chest tightness, wheezing or bouts of coughing more than once per week.
• People whose asthma wakes them up or keeps them up at night.
• People who have frequent asthma attacks.
• People who need a quick-relief medication daily to stop asthma attacks.