How asthma is treated 10 you can control your asthma and avoid an attack by taking your medicine as prescribed and avoiding the triggers that can cause an attack. it’s just as important that you remove the triggers in your environment that you know make your asthma worse. 11 medicine for asthma is different for each person. it can be inhaled or taken as a pill and comes in two types—quick-relief and long-term control. quick-relief medicines control the symptoms of an asthma attack. if you are using your quick-relief medicines more and more you should visit your health-care provider to change your asthma management plan. long-term control medicines make you have fewer and milder attacks, but they don’t you if you’re having an attack. the author's purpose in including paragraph 11 is to a) show that asthma can be completely cured. b) diagnose the type of asthma medicine one needs. c) provide a detailed description of asthma medication. d) provide an overview of medicines available for