Drugs designed to prevent asthma attacks are an important part of your child's medication. Many parents may feel concerned about their child taking regular doses of drugs, even when he shows no sign of illness. But for the child with asthma, preventative medication can be the most effective and least stressful and damaging course of action. Taking regular doses from a preventer inhaler does not mean that your child will lost his chance of growing out of asthma, nor does it mean that he will become addicted and need higher and higher doses.
Fewer asthma attacks mean less strain on his respiratory system and less disruption of day to day activities. Your doctor will only prescribe the absolute minimum dose needed to keep your child healthy and you can discuss decreasing the dose and when your child's symptoms lessen. So, how to use a preventer inhaler? Your doctor will give instructions about when your child should use this inhaler.
It is common for it to be given just before meals or before your child brushes his teeth, to make timing easier to remember. If your child is young, you can use a spacer, just as you can with a reliever inhaler. You may find that because this medication has to be taken regularly every day even when your child is symptoms free, you meet with some resistance.
When a child has asthma symptoms he usually co-operates because he knows that using his inhaler will make him feel better. When he hasn't any symptoms he may not want to take his medicine. You can help by explaining that using this particular inhaler will keep him feeling well because it reduces inflammation in his lungs.
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