NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Taking asthmamedication daily can help prevent the tightening of the airways or”bronchoconstriction” with physical exertion that affects manychildren with asthma, a new study from Poland confirms.

Dr. Iwona Stelmach of N. Copernicus Hospital in Lodz andcolleagues found that of the four treatments they evaluated, thetwo including the anti-asthma drug montelukast (Singulair) were themost effective, but all were better than placebo.

“Control of childhood asthma with exercise-inducedbronchoconstriction can be obtained by using regular controllertreatment,” Stelmach and colleagues write in the Journal of Allergyand Clinical Immunology.

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