Montelukast is an asthma medication used for long-term maintenance. In this mnemonic video, we'll cover important facts about Montelukast so you'll be ready come test day. Hey there!
My friend and I are climbing this mountain, and I'm glad you caught up. Before we get ahead of ourselves, let's use this mountain to symbolize the drug Montelukast. It's the Montelukast Mountain.
You'll probably often hear this drug called by its trade name of Singulair, but remember, the NCLEX will use the generic name of Montelukast. I think I might have overestimated my mountain climbing ability. We're only halfway up the mountain and I'm already needing to reach for my inhaler. Here at Pixarise, we use an inhaler to symbolize asthma, since we usually associate asthmatics with having an inhaler, right? Montelukast works to treat asthma by promoting bronchodilation, reducing airway inflammation, and suppressing mucus production to improve airflow.
We've come a long way on this trail, but we still have a long way to go. I'm holding this hourglass to time our hike, and as you know, hourglasses are well known for their slow trickle of sand. Our long journey on this long trail is here to help you remember that Montelukast is a long-acting asthma medication. Long-acting medications are also known as slow-acting ones, just like this slow, time-tracking hourglass. Montelukast is taken once a day, long-term, to help prevent asthma attacks.
You may also hear this referred to as a maintenance medication. Because Montelukast is long-acting, it should not be used during an acute asthma attack. Since it acts over the long term, its effects won't kick in fast enough for short-term emergencies. Just remember this long trail to remember that Montelukast is long-acting and you'll be good to go. My friend brought along a trail snack, but it's been sitting in my backpack for a long time and has gotten pretty gross.
Desperate times call for desperate measures and my friend is eating the trail snack anyway. He is plugging his nose while he is chewing and swallowing the trail snack. Sometimes if you can't smell it, it goes down a little easier, you know?
The way my friend is chewing and swallowing his snack reminds me. Montelukast comes in tablet form that must be either chewed or swallowed, depending on the tablet instructions. It is not inhaled unlike most other asthma medications.
Just think back to my friend here who is plugging his nose as he takes a big bite on this mountain. Got it? All right, that's all for this mnemonic.
Let's recap. Montelukast is a medication used to treat asthma. It is a long-acting drug used as maintenance therapy to prevent asthma attacks from occurring. Due to this long and slow course of action, it is not a rescue medication and should not be taken during an acute asthma attack.
Montelukast comes in a tablet form that is either chewed or swallowed. Unlike most other asthma medications, it is not inhaled. And now we're all done with Montelukast.
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