Researchers say that anti-inflammatory asthma drugs that come in pills can be good alternatives to inhalers, especially for children. But the study comes with some heavy caveats.

Asthma is common, affecting around 334 million people worldwide. And steroid inhalers and tablets are widely used to dampen down airway inflammation and prevent and/or relieve asthma symptoms .

And it looks like the pills can help reduce the frequency of asthma attacks, too. Scientists reported Tuesday that immunotherapy tablets for dust mite allergy reduced the risk of an attack in ...

Most of the drugs available for asthma today only ease the symptoms, with some drugs widening the airways, and others using steroids to calm inflammation. The medication being tested is called ...

BOSTON (CBS) - If you have severe asthma and current treatments don't seem adequate, a new treatment may be on the horizon. About 1 in 12 people has asthma, a condition which cause tightening and ...

Home; Health; in depth How a new pill could reduce asthma attacks. The drug Fevipiprant improves air flow to the lungs by removing muscle in the airway lining, a study has shown ...

Rarely prescribed asthma pills made by drugmakers such as AstraZeneca and Merck are easier to use and just as effective as conventional inhaler treatments, according to research by British scientists.

Young asian woman using blue asthma inhaler for relief asthma attack. Pharmaceutical products is used to prevent and treat wheezing and shortness of breath caused asthma or COPD. Health care ...

Women with asthma may suffer fewer severe symptom attacks if they are on birth control pills, a large new study suggests. The study of more than 83,000 women with asthma found that those who used ...

Steroid inhalers/pills for asthma linked to heightened risk of brittle bones and fractures. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 10 / 201020190126.htm.

Taking the progesterone-only form of the contraceptive pill can increase asthma attacks among women under 35, researchers reported May 7 in ERJ Open Research.. There was no similar risk among ...