Timing Improves Efficacy of Allergy & Asthma Drugs
CBS News reports that allergy and asthma drugs should be taken at specific times for the best effects.
Dr. Richard Martin, MD, suggests that you take your allergy pills before bedtime and your asthma medication in the late afternoon.
"Taking your allergy medication at night assures that it will be circulating in your blood stream when you most need it, early the next morning," Dr. Martin says.
Asthma symptoms, however, peak around 4 AM, and patients who take oral steroid drugs should take them around 3 PM. Steroid inhalers, for less severe asthma, should be used between 3:00 PM and 5:30 PM.
Dr. Richard Martin, MD, suggests that you take your allergy pills before bedtime and your asthma medication in the late afternoon.
"Taking your allergy medication at night assures that it will be circulating in your blood stream when you most need it, early the next morning," Dr. Martin says.
Asthma symptoms, however, peak around 4 AM, and patients who take oral steroid drugs should take them around 3 PM. Steroid inhalers, for less severe asthma, should be used between 3:00 PM and 5:30 PM.
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