AstraZeneca is not reponsible for any content on other sites. Your doctor has prescribed Pulmicort Turbuhaler 200 mcg. It contains a medication called budesonide, which is a synthetic corticosteroid.
Corticosteroids are natural substances found in the body that help fight inflammation.
They are used to treat asthma because they reduce the swelling and irritation in the walls of the small air passages in the lungs and ease breathing problems. When inhaled regularly, corticosteroids also help to prevent attacks of asthma. Pulmicort Turbuhaler treats the inflammation the quiet part of asthma that you cannot hear, see, or feel. When inflammation is left untreated, your asthma symptoms and attacks can increase. Pulmicort Turbuhaler works to prevent and reduce your asthma symptoms and attacks.