Tueday's story on managing asthma should have explained that some asthmatics use powdered corticosteroid-based medicine daily, with a device called an inhaler. This medicine reduces inflammation and irritability of the air passages and lungs. A bronchodilator is emergency medicine and works to relax the muscles that are squeezing the airways shut.
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