which medication is taken daily for asthma control?
Long-Term Control Medications Used to Treat Asthma. Long-term control medications are taken daily on a long-term basis to achieve and maintain control of persistent asthma. Examples of long-term controller medications include: Singulair, Flovent, Advair, Pulmicort, Symbicort and QVAR. Click here for a complete listing of asthma medications.
Oral asthma medications are used for asthma control to prevent asthma flare-ups and not used to relieve immediate symptoms. They are taken daily -- even when a person does not have any asthma symptoms. The three oral medications discussed in this section include: