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Why should someone use a bronchodilator before a corticosteroid?
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Works faster: Most bronchodilators (albuterol, levalbuterol) work fast to relieve bronchospasm, often a big part of most chronic inflammatory lung diseases like asthma, chronic bronchitis and COPD. Asthma in particular is treated with a mixture of what we call "reliever" and "controller" medication. Controllers (such as corticosteroids) are used long term to treat persistent or recurrent acute asthma.
Answered 1/23/2015
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