Current drug therapies: relievers and preventers.

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What we know: The different wheezing phenotypes in early childhood may influence the response to therapy. beta-Agonists are effective in acute asthma from the first year of life and anticholinergics have been shown to provide additional benefit from at least 18 months of age. Non-steroidal preventer medications provide some benefit in early childhood asthma, but response is variable and dependent on severity....

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