Some contain bronchodilators to open your airways or deliver a glucocorticoid (steroid) to reduce inflammation. Other inhalers offer a combination of drugs. A COPD inhaler can contain either a ...

Poor treatment of asthma and COPD puts a huge burden on the NHS. For example, £1 billion is spent on asthma treatment in the UK each year and represents 60,000 to 65,000 hospital admissions. In ...

Do inhaled corticosteroids elevate risk for pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Several clinical trials, observational studies, and meta-analyses suggest that they do ...

More than a thousand of these were given a new inhaler to manage their condition, which contains three different compounds, while another thousand were given the most common globally used inhaler. A ...

Until now, the progressive respiratory disease has been treated with inhaled small-molecule bronchodilators to improve airflow, and steroids to ... linked to a subset of COPD, marked by increased ...

inhaled and systemic steroids, and theophyllines) other than inhaled anticholinergics. The coprimary endpoints were the proportion of patients with COPD exacerbation and the proportion of patients ...

Among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who received prior treatment with multiple-inhaler triple therapy, single-inhaler triple therapy was effective in improving health status ...

As for digital technologies, Quill discussed the potential use of digital inhalers among patients with COPD. Several past studies suggest that less than 50% of patients with COPD use their ...

Cruises are a great way for travelers with COPD to see the world. Most large cruise lines allow passengers to travel with ...

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While people with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can experience worse symptoms due to climate change, many of the medications they’re prescribed also contribute to ...