<s>[INST] What are combination medications? [/INST] Combination medications contain a reliever and a controller in the same inhaler. So this type of inhaler opens up the airways (preventing the feeling of chest tightening and the worsening of an attack) and also reduces the underlying inflammation that causes asthma. As a result, combination inhalers provide better control of asthma symptoms and reduce the number of inhalers you have to use.With conventional combination inhalers, you take the same amount of medication all the time. But because every person with asthma has good days and bad days, this means that sometimes you will take a bit more of the medication than you really need, and at other times you will not be getting enough and you may have to use doses from a second inhaler containing an airway opener (bronchodilator).Recently, a combination inhaler has become available that lets you safely adjust the dosage of your combined medication to match the changes in your asthma. This makes it possible for you to take the right level of medication at the right time and means that you use less medication overall. Source: Ginasthma. Link: https://ginasthma.org/about-us/faqs/. Field: Lung Disease. Disease: Asthma </s>