The medicines we use open up the lungs again. The medicine will make the cough go away and make breathing easier. We use several kinds of medicine to treat asthma. Different medicines open up the lungs in different ways. Sometimes we use one or more medicines together.
Some medicine is given for only a few days.
Some medicine is given for a long time. Sometimes you need to take the medicine several times a day. The small container is called an inhaler . For people who are sicker with asthma and for small children,the doctor may prescribe a machine to give medicine. The machine is called a nebulizer.