If you are having lots of attacks, you should talk to your doctor about using a daily medication to prevent them, rather than a rescue medication once they start. There is a pill (singulair), or lots of inhaled steroids that are taken once a day (flovent, serevent, advair...). These greatly reduce the number of attacks that you are having, and thus you will not need to use the albuterol as much.

However, there really isn't much of a long-term risk with using the albuterol, either.