The correct name of variant cough asthma is cough variant asthma, which is a special type of bronchial asthma. Commonly used therapeutic drugs include glucocorticosteroids, β2 agonists, leukotriene receptor modulators and so on.
1. Glucocorticoid: it is the most effective drug to control asthma, commonly used drugs include beclomethasone, budesonide, fluticasone, etc.
2. β2 agonist: mainly agonize β2 receptor, diastole airways, relieve asthma, commonly used drugs are salbutamol, terbutaline, salmeterol, formoterol, etc..
3. Leukotriene modulators: reduce airway inflammation, reduce airway hyperresponsiveness, commonly used drugs: montelukast, zalustat and so on.
Cough variant asthma treatment process is complex, many drugs, need to be under the guidance of physicians and pharmacists to rationalize the use of the above drugs.