: Medications for asthma What are the medications that are available for treating asthma? Do they have any side effects or long term effects on the patient's body?

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There are long-term medications, those that will get asthma under control:

long-acting beta-agonists: bronchodilators, they open the airways
leukotriene modifiers: they block the components that cause inflammation
mast cell stabilizers: they prevent / reduce the release of chemicals (from your body) that cause inflammation
theophylline: is a bronchodilator, used to prevent nighttime attacks
immunomodulator: when you have asthma that is allergy-related and hasn't respond to inhaled medications

Each kind has one or more available drugs, and each one can have different side effects, specially on the long term.

(Sources: www.webmd.com/asthma/guide/asthma-medications#1 , www.drugs.com/condition/asthma.html , www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/asthma/in-depth/asthma-medications/art-20045557)