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