Treatment of nocturnal asthma.
Cough, wheeze and breathlessness at night are common problems for many asthmatics and result from airway narrowing. Therapy should consist of improving management of their asthma over the full 24 h day by use of inhaled steroids and conventional inhaled bronchodilators. Such therapy should be introduced before treatment specifically improving nocturnal airway calibre is introduced. Inhaled long acting beta 2-agonists are the current long acting bronchodilator of choice in such patients.
Douglas
N J
NJ
Dept of Medicine (RIE), University of Edinburgh, UK.
D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000284:Administration, Oral; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003624:Darkness; D006801:Humans
D001993:Bronchodilator Agents