A member asked:

I suffer from asthma and all the doctors will give to me is proair rescue inhaler. is there a long term med that works well?

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Dr. Donald Alves answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Depends: If symptoms are infrequent / intermittent / and-or not severe, rescue inhaler may be all you need. There are long-acting beta-agonist inhalers (serevent (salmeterol) as an example), but they are associated with risk of death (...Usually from excessive use during an attack as if it was a short-acting med, and then getting toxic later). Steroid inhaler or med like singulair (/montelukast) may be better next med.

Answered 4/28/2013

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