Health Like all medications of modern science, the asthma drug list continues to grow as advances are made.. unfortunately, the side effects of many of these lifesaving medications are also issues we need to deal with. Whenever you feel depressed because of your asthmatic problem, rejoice in the joy that you were born in this time in human history when mankind has advanced in many areas, especially medically. If you travel in time to, say, a hundred years back, you will see how terrible asthmatic victims suffered. At that time in human history, medicine was not advanced as it is today. There were hardly any helpful asthma drugs to use for preventing or treating the condition. Still, it was also theorized that asthma wasn't as prevalent in the old days simply because we allowed children to come into contact with many pathegens that gave them immunity to certain conditions. Business - List of business/finance/loan/mortgage resources more 1 2 3 4 5 Computers - List of computer hardware/software/peripheral resources more 1 2 3 4 5 Internet - List of webhosting/webdesign/internet marketing resources more 1 2 3 4 5 Software - List of software resources more 1 2 3 4 5 Web Design - List of web design/development resources more 1 2 3 4 5 Web Hosting - List of web hosting resources more 1 2 3 4 5 Web Promotion - List of search engine optimization/internet marketing resources more 1 2 3 4 5 Web Resources - List of other web resources more 1 2 3 4 5 Recreation - List of travel/hotel/cruise resources more 1 2 3 4 5 Casino - List of online gambling/poker/blackjack/roulette resources more 1 2 3 4 5 Health - List of online pharmacy/hospital/health resources more 1 2 3 4 5 Shopping - List of online shopping/gift resources more 1 2 3 4 5 Miscellaneous - List of all other resources not stated above more 1 2 3 4 5   Many people who had the condition at this point in history were left with no choice but to suffer the attacks whenever it occurred. But today there are many asthma drugs that can help to prevent attacks and even to treat a serious asthmatic case - thereby prevent death. The asthma drugs are grouped under two categories- the quick relief medicines (also known as relievers) and the long-term medicines (also known as preventers). Inhaled corticosteroid (also known as 'steroids' for short) - These types of asthma drugs help you by reducing the swelling of your airways. With this reduction, there is less likelihood an asthmatic attack.