Asthma Inhaler and Medicine Price in Bangladesh

This shelf holds the medicines doctors prescribe to open the airways and to keep asthma under control: reliever and preventer inhalers, nebuliser solutions, and tablets and syrups such as montelukast, doxophylline and theophylline. Nearly all of them are prescription medicines. Their pages say “Prescription Required”, and a pharmacist checks your prescription before the order is packed.

The shelf sits inside Respiratory System, alongside cough and cold medicine. Search by the brand on your prescription, or by its generic, to see every maker’s version side by side.

Relievers and Preventers

Asthma treatment is built from two jobs, and most prescriptions include both. A reliever is used when the airways tighten, to open them quickly. A preventer is taken regularly, even on good days, to calm the inflammation that makes the airways tighten in the first place.

• Relievers on this shelf are mostly salbutamol and levosalbutamol, as inhalers, nebuliser solutions, tablets and syrups.
• Preventers are mostly combination inhalers that pair a long-acting bronchodilator with a corticosteroid, such as salmeterol with fluticasone or budesonide with formoterol.
• Tablet add-ons include montelukast, which blocks leukotrienes, and the xanthines doxophylline and theophylline.

Which of these you need, and in what combination, is your doctor’s decision. A preventer only works when it is used every day as prescribed, which is why it is the inhaler people most often run out of without noticing.

Asthma Medicine by Drug Class

The shelf is divided the way a pharmacology reference divides it. The groups with the widest range:

• Short-Acting Selective & Β2-Adrenoceptor Stimulants — salbutamol and levosalbutamol relievers in every form.
• Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists — montelukast tablets, chewables and granules.
• Combined Bronchodilators — two-in-one and three-in-one inhalers.
• Long-Acting Selective Β-Adrenoceptor Stimulants, Respiratory Corticosteroids — the preventer combinations.
• Bronchodilator, Methyl Xanthine Derivatives — doxophylline tablets and syrups.

Cromoglycate, ketotifen, single corticosteroid inhalers and anticholinergic inhalers such as tiotropium make up the smaller groups.

Inhaler Types

The same medicine can come in very different devices, and the device has to match what your doctor showed you how to use:

Device	How it works	Worth knowing
Pressurised inhaler	A canister that releases a measured spray when pressed	Needs pressing and breathing in at the same moment; a spacer makes this easier
Dry-powder capsule	A capsule pierced inside a small device and breathed in as powder	The capsules are for inhaling, never for swallowing
Multi-dose powder device	A sealed device that loads each dose when opened or clicked	Needs a fast, deep breath in to work
Nebuliser solution	A liquid turned into mist by a nebuliser machine	Common for young children and during flare-ups at home

Nebuliser machines and masks are on the Nebulizing Machine & Masks & Respirators shelf.

Using an Inhaler Well

Technique matters as much as the medicine. Shake a pressurised inhaler before each use, breathe out fully first, and hold your breath for a few seconds after inhaling. Rinse your mouth and spit after a corticosteroid inhaler, which helps prevent a mouth infection.

Most devices have a dose counter; check it, because an inhaler can feel full long after the medicine has run out. Ask your doctor or pharmacist to watch you use it once, and follow the number of puffs on your own prescription.

Tablets and Syrups for Asthma

Montelukast comes as tablets, chewable tablets and granules, which is why it is often prescribed for children. Doxophylline and theophylline are tablets and syrups taken by mouth; theophylline in particular has a narrow safe range, so its dose is set and checked by a doctor. Ketotifen syrups and tablets also sit here. Children’s syrups come in their own strength, which is not interchangeable with the adult tablet.

Asthma Medicine Price in Bangladesh

The device decides most of the price. An inhaler costs more than a strip of tablets, a combination inhaler more than a single-medicine reliever, and a three-in-one inhaler more again. Newer molecules such as indacaterol and the triple combinations sit at the top of the range.

Inhaler strengths are easy to misread. A combination inhaler shows two numbers, one per medicine, and both are the amount in a single puff, not in the whole canister. What a canister lasts depends on its puff count and how many puffs your prescription calls for each day, so compare inhalers on puffs per canister, not on the strength printed beside the name.

Asthma Medicine Manufacturers in Bangladesh

Every large local maker produces inhalers and tablets for asthma, and each leans towards different medicines:

• Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. — the widest asthma range here, strong in combination and corticosteroid inhalers.
• ACI Limited — salbutamol relievers and salmeterol-fluticasone preventers.
• The ACME Laboratories Ltd. — relievers, preventers and montelukast tablets.
• Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd. — salbutamol and levosalbutamol in many forms, plus doxophylline.
• Square Pharmaceuticals PLC. — combined bronchodilators and salbutamol.
• Unimed Unihealth Pharmaceuticals Ltd. — budesonide-formoterol and other combination inhalers.
• Opsonin Pharma Limited — montelukast, theophylline and salbutamol.
• Aristopharma Limited — preventer inhalers and theophylline.
• Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Ltd. — budesonide-formoterol inhalers and montelukast.
• Renata Limited — salmeterol-fluticasone inhalers and levosalbutamol.

When to Get Help Straight Away

If your reliever is not working, or you need it far more often than your doctor told you to expect, contact a doctor or go to an emergency department without waiting for an order to arrive. Keep a reliever with you at all times, and do not stop a preventer on your own because you feel well; that decision belongs to your doctor.

Buying Asthma Medicine Online

Upload your prescription at checkout, and order a replacement inhaler while the counter still shows doses left. If you are switching to another maker’s version of the same medicine, check that the device type is the same as well as the generic and strength, because a different device needs a different technique.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a prescription for an asthma inhaler?

Yes for almost every product on this shelf. Upload a clear photo of it at checkout and a pharmacist checks it before dispatch.

Can I switch to another brand of the same inhaler?

Only with your doctor or pharmacist’s agreement. The generic, the strength and the device all need to match what you were prescribed.

What do the two numbers on a combination inhaler mean?

Each number is the amount of one medicine in a single puff. They describe one puff, not the whole canister.

Is a nebuliser solution the same as an inhaler?

It can contain the same medicine, but it is a liquid made for a nebuliser machine and is not interchangeable with a handheld inhaler without your doctor’s advice.

How do I know when my inhaler is empty?

Check the dose counter if it has one, or count the puffs used. Shaking or weighing a canister is not a reliable guide.

Are montelukast tablets a reliever?

No. Montelukast is taken regularly as prescribed and is not meant for sudden breathlessness; that is what a reliever inhaler is for.