Respiratory diseases usphs hospital 1131 14th avenue south seattle washington 98144. The laba medications are for longer lasting relief and are also useful in treating asthma and copd rau1 lists 12 inhaled adrenergic bronchodilators in the current practice of respiratory care however four or five of these are commonly administered anticholinergic medications provide relief from bronchospasm and shortness of breath they can be used alone or in combination with saba and laba they are frequently prescribed for patients with asthma or copd of the . Other drugs that should be mentioned since the respiratory therapist will be in contact with them frequently are digitalis quinidine and other major cardiac drugs lidocaine is mentioned as a topical anesthetic agent and its use in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia is simply mentioned in the section on basic pharmacology. This basic pharmacology video reviews respiratory system medications this video is designed for the nursing student to master basic pharmacology content