Steroids such as beclomethasone (Becotide, Aldecin) These can be inhaled and used to prevent attacks. They can also be given by mouth both to prevent or treat attacks.
One of the important advances in asthma management has been the introduction of inhaled steroids. In normal doses, these have virtually no side effects, and certainly none of the problems that are associated with the long-term use of steroids taken by mouth.
Antibiotics have no place in the treatment of asthma, even though they may be prescribed (incorrectly). There is a misconception that because an attack of asthma is often precipitated by an upper respiratory tract infection, that antibiotics are useful in shortening the infection, and therefore the duration of asthma symptoms. However, the majority of infections that trigger acute asthma are viral in nature, and antibiotics will not affect them at all.
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