Azmacort

Description

Inhalation corticosteroids are cortisone-like medicines. They are used to help prevent the symptoms of asthma. When used regularly every day, inhalation corticosteroids decrease the number and severity of asthma attacks. However, they will not relieve an asthma attack that has already started.

Inhaled corticosteroids work by preventing certain cells in the lungs and breathing passages from releasing substances that cause asthma symptoms.

This medicine may be used with other asthma medicines, such as bronchodilators (medicines that open up narrowed breathing passages) or other corticosteroids taken by mouth.

Inhalation corticosteroids are available only with your doctor's prescription.

Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although this use is not included in product labeling, some of the inhaled corticosteroids are used in certain patients with the following medical condition:

• Croup in children (budesonide)

Common Brand Names:

Aclovate

Aerobid

A-Hydrocort

Ala-Cort

Alphatrex

AlphaTrex

Alrex

Anusol-HC

Apexicon

Aristocort

Aristocort A

Aristospan

Beclovent

Beconase AQ

Beta-Val

Capex

Celestone

Celestone Phosphate

Clobevate

Cloderm

Cordran

Cortastat

Cortastat LA

Cortone Acetate

Cotolone

Cutivate

Cyclocort

Decadron

Deltasone

Depo-Medrol

Dermatop

Desowen

Elocon

Entocort EC

Flarex

Florinef Acetate

FML Forte Liquifilm

Halog

HMS

Lidex

Locoid

Medrol

Omnaris

Pandel

Pediapred

Pred Forte

Solu-Medrol

Topicort

Ultravate

Veramyst

Vexol

Westcort

Asmanex Twisthaler

Azmacort

Azmax Twisthaler

Becloforte

Flovent

Flovent Diskus

Flovent Hfa

Flovent Nebules

Pulmicort Nebuamp

Pulmicort Turbuhaler

Qvar