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Asthma & COPD Rx Use
Med Class Uses
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Inhaled Short-Acting Beta2 Agonists (SABA) | -Rescue/preventative relaxes the smooth muscle of the bronchioles, prevent or relieves bronchospasm; also used as a decongestant |
| Anticholinergics | Prevents bronchconstriction, causing the airways to dilate |
| Corticosteroids / Oral Steroids | Used to decrease inflammation in the lungs Oral-COPD long term use |
| Inhaled corticosteroids | - Long term use Acts locally on bronchial tissue to prevent inflammation; inhibits cytokine production. |
| Long Acting Beta2 Agonists | - Long term prevention of symptoms, prevention of exercise induced asthma, by causing bronchodilation |
| Xanthines | Older, not much now unless nothing else works - potent bronchodilation |
| Mast Cell Stabelizers | Anti-inflammatory; blocks early and late reaction to allergen (histamine release), thus preventing attacks |
| Leukotriene Modifiers (antagonists) | Leukotriene receptor antagonists, thus blocking the leukotrienes from causing inflammation and edema |
| Lipoxygenase Inhibitor | Inhibits production of leukotrienes |
| Immunomodulators | -Moderate to severe asthma unresponsive to other medications. Monoclonal antibody (anti-IgE) that binds to circulating IgE, prevent it from binding to receptors on mast cells and basophils |
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