Long-term control medications. Many people with asthma need to take long-term control medications daily, even when they don't have symptoms. There are several types of long-term control medications, including the following. Inhaled corticosteroids.
However, certain illnesses, stress, or medication can disturb the delicate balance, causing the candida organisms to grow out of control, causing thrush. Medication that upsets the balance of microorganisms in the mouth and may cause thrush include corticosteroids, antibiotics, and birth control pills.
The most common causes of oral thrush in adults are the use of steroid inhalers (preventer inhalers) and the use of dentures; other possible causes are a previous course of antibiotics, diabetes, malnutrition, or a compromise of the immune system by some other factor, in which case the doctor should be consulted.