Health Tip: Controlling Asthma

Candidates for daily medication

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(HealthDay News) -- Medication used to control asthma may be used every day, without the fear of becoming addicted, the American Academy of Family Physicians says.

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So-called controller medications help prevent inflammation, so users feel better and breathe easier. The academy says the following people may be candidates for a daily controller medication:

• People who have chest tightness, wheezing or bouts of coughing more than once per week.
• People whose asthma wakes them up or keeps them up at night.
• People who have frequent asthma attacks.
• People who need a quick-relief medication daily to stop asthma attacks.

-- Diana Kohnle