Your doctor should provide you with a variety of options to treat your acute or chronic bronchitis after you receive your diagnosis. In most cases, treatment for bronchitis involves adequate rest and fluids. Other options for treatment include cough medications and NSAIDs or analgesics to relieve pain and fevers. Those with chronic bronchitis may need pulmonary rehabilitation, bronchodilator medications, steroids, antibiotics, vaccines, oxygen therapy, or in severe cases, surgery. There is no definitive cure for acute or chronic bronchitis. Acute bronchitis often resolves on its own within a few weeks. For those with chronic bronchitis, the goal of treatment is to relieve symptoms, prevent further complications, and slow the progression of the disease.