Your asthma symptoms may be getting in your way more often than you realize.
If you have asthma, you may think you are doing just fine. After all, you do not have asthma attacks often. And when you have asthma symptoms, you use your fast-acting inhaler (your puffer or your rescue inhaler or quick-relief inhaler). But there is more to asthma control.
Talk with your doctor about:
- How often you have to use your fast-acting inhaler
- How often you are having asthma symptoms
- How your asthma symptoms may be keeping you from joining in life’s activities
- Whether it is time to use a daily controller medicine for asthma to help prevent asthma symptoms before they start
Choose a link below to help you get started quickly.
- Asthma symptoms and attacks
- Learn to recognize some common asthma symptoms.
- Do more for asthma.
- Discover the benefits of helping to control your asthma.
- What causes asthma?
- Learn some basic facts about asthma.
- Asthma control checklist
- Find out if your asthma is really under control.
- Where to learn more
- Find links to asthma information, resources, and helpful tips.
- Common asthma triggers
- Learn about common asthma triggers.
SINGULAIR is a prescription medicine approved to help control asthma in adults and children as young as 12 months and to help relieve the symptoms of indoor and outdoor allergies (outdoor allergies in adults and children as young as 2 years, and indoor allergies in adults and children as young as 6 months).
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
SINGULAIR will NOT replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. You should still have rescue medication available and continue to take your other asthma medications unless your doctor tells you to stop. For asthma, SINGULAIR should be taken once a day, in the evening as prescribed, whether or not you have asthma symptoms. If your symptoms get worse or you need to increase the use of your rescue inhaler, call your doctor at once.
Side effects are generally mild and vary by age, and may include headache, ear infection, sore throat, and upper respiratory infection. Side effects generally did not stop patients from taking SINGULAIR. Check with your doctor if you're pregnant or nursing. SINGULAIR should be taken once a day, as prescribed. SINGULAIR is available by prescription only.
For additional safety information, please see Patient Product Information.