Finally, medications are used to stop additional complications from happening to you.

 

Symptom Medication

 

In order to provide you with some relief from not being able to breath easily, your doctor is likely to provide you with a medication called bronchodilator type medications.  These are prescription medications that help to relax your bronchial tubes and allow your air passageways to open up allowing for better passage of air through them.

 

Medications like this are essential to keeping you symptom free or even just lessening the frequency and intensity of those symptoms.  Most are taken as inhalers as sprays but there are additional medications that can be prescribed to be taken orally.

 

Antibiotics

 

Another type of medication used to treat chronic bronchitis is that of antibiotics.  As we mentioned earlier, acute bronchitis doesn’t react to antibiotics because it is usually caused by a virus.  But, chronic bronchitis is not necessarily unaffected by medications like this.

 

 

Antibiotics can be used if there is evidence that there is a secondary infection.  In addition, antibiotics can be used to help prevent additional symptoms and conditions from happening.

 

Glucocorticosteroids

 

Systemic glucocorticosteroids are another treatment option for those that are suffering from these conditions.  This type of treatment is still one that is being experimented with, but has shown some progress in helping to provide relief from symptoms as well as to slow progression. 

Usually, though, this type of treatment is only used on patients that have an acute case because these medications shouldn’t be used over a long period of time with any frequency because of the side effects that they have.

 

Vaccines