The drug treatment of asthma in children.

Drug therapy provides a safe and effective way of controlling asthma in children. The appropriate medications combined with advice regarding modification of trigger factors where possible should allow the asthmatic child a normal lifestyle. The child and the parents need to understand the rationale for treatment, particularly with regard to preventive medications, and education is an important aspect of management. As many children improve with increasing age, treatment should be continually re-assessed with the aim of maintaining the patient on the minimal amount of medication that will keep the asthma under good control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]