Medications

Usually peach, orange, brown or red in colour. Anti-inflammatory drugs:

• Flovent
• Pulmicort
• Qvar
• Beclomethasone

• prevent and treat inflammation, swelling, and mucous build-up

• take regularly
• NOT to be used for quick relief

• works slowly
• may takeseveral weeks before you feel an effect on your asthma

• Ventolin/
  Salbutamol
• Bricanyl
• Airomir

• relieves symptoms quickly
• opens airways by relaxing the muscles of the airways

• short-term use
• use only when asthma
  symptoms present
• commonly used during
  attacks or 15 minutes before

• works quickly, usually within
  minutes to relieve symptoms
  exercise or exposure to cold air