You may try another alternative asthma medication. But be very careful as switching medications was consistently associated with a reduction in exacerbation.
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‘People who keep trying different options for the disease 'asthma' often find a medication that works.’
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“The practical takeaway here is pretty simple: Patients who aren’t getting good relief from a particular biologic should try others,” said lead author Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr., vice chancellor for translational medicine and science director at the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine.![twitter](https://images.medindia.net/icons/news/social/twitter.png)
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Is ’Secondary’ Asthma Medicine Beneficial?
Overall, these injectable medications provided significant relief for asthma. Patients starting biologics during the study period experienced a 58% reduction in exacerbations and 89% of those who used biologics at any point during the study period continued to do so at the end.Some 324 patients switched medications at least once during the study period — most commonly because their symptoms worsened on the first medication or because initially strong effects waned over time — and their strategy was rewarded, the researchers found out. Switching medications was consistently associated with a reduction in exacerbations.
“The available products aren’t all me-too drugs,” Panettieri said. “They work in a variety of ways, so it makes sense that different medications would work for different people.”
Source-Eurekalert