A pharmaceutical composition, method, and article manufacture for the treatment of asthma by inhalation from a pressurized metered dose inhaler (pM DI), a dry powder inhaler (DPI) or nebulizer, the composition and method being based on a combination of a short acting beta agonist (SABA) and an inhaled mometasone in a form adapted to be delivered for inhalation from the MDI, DPI or nebulizer.