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What exactly does an asthma inhaler do?

What does a serevent inhaler do for asthma?

  • My stepson uses all three coloured inhalers, but i cant seem to find out what the green serevent inhaler does for his asthma. Can anyone shed any light on this for me? also does taking a double dose of the brown inhaler help with a bad non productive cough?

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    Serevent (salmeterol) is a long acting bronchodilator but has to be used long term for it to work. It is not designed for use in acute episode of shortness of breath, that is why you always have an albuterol inhaler handy. It does the same thing (broncho dilation) but is fast acting but is also short lasting. the brown inhaler is a steroid and stops the asthma a different way, by acting as an anti-inflammatory medicine. that should clear up what your 3 inhalers are a long acting broncodilator, a quick acting bronchodilator and a anti inflammatory steroid.

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Its a long-acting bronchodilator. Its designed to give relief for longer periods of time. I don't know what the "brown one" means but its most likely a steroid. I have taken the double dose before but it doesnt always work. I usually end up taking the breathing treatment and then it goes away.

Melli

as above

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BASED UPON THE BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY GUIDELINES ON THE MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA, THE THREE INHALERS YOUR STEPSON TAKES ARE PROBABLY A STEROID, SALBUTAMOL AND THE SEREVENT ONE. THE STEROID IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS THE KEY TO PREVENTING THE DETERIORATION OF HIS ASTHMA BY REDUCING THE RELEASE OF AND RESULTING CASCADE OF INFLAMMATORY CHEMICALS THAT ARE THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF ASTHMA. TAKEN REGULARLY, HE SHOULD FIND HE NEEDS TO USE HIS SALBUTAMOL INHALER LESS. SPEAKING OF SALBUTAMOL, THIS IS A SHORT-ACTING BETA 2-AGONIST AND WORKS VERY FAST WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE PREFER IT TO THE STEROID INHALER. IT CAUSES THE AIRWAYS THAT HAVE CLOSED DOWN DUE TO INFLAMMATION AND MUCUS PRODUCTION TO OPEN UP AND MAKE HIS BREATHING EASIER. THIS BRINGS ME TO THE SEREVENT (THE DRUG BEING SALMETEROL) INHALER. THIS IS A LONGER-ACTING VERSION OF SALBUTAMOL WHICH OPENS UP HIS AIRWAYS, BUT FOR A LONGER PERIOD, GIVING HIM BETTER SYMPTOM CONTROL. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT ASTHMA IS A DYNAMIC DISEASE AND OVER TIME A PERSON MAY REQUIRE MORE OR FEWER INHALERS DEPENDING UPON THE CONTROL OF THEIR CONDITION. I HOPE THIS HELPS!

DR ROB

im asthmatic and have found that a herbal product called pycnogenol may help with asthma. Ive only just found this so havent tried it yet but its been rated a lot

mishnbong

Serevent (salmeterol) is a long-acting bronchodilator. It's comparable in mode of action to albuterol, but more slowly acting and longer lasting.

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