 [ Symptoms ] can asthmatics develop an advair dependency i am an infrequent user but find the more i use it the more i need it [ Disease ] there are two types of asthma medication one is a rescue albuterol or xopenex that is used as needed for symptoms the other is a controller therapy that is used every day to prevent symptoms advair is a controller therapy and should be used daily instead of as needed typically use of the drug should not cause you to need it more