Inhalers for COPD provide steroids, bronchodilators, or combination drugs. The three types differ in the mechanism by which the medication is inhaled and have different instructions for use.

Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans with drug coverage typically cover inhalers for COPD. But you may still be responsible for a portion of the cost. If you have chronic ...

Flare-ups in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the UK’s fourth leading cause of death, can be reduced by 20% by a combined triple inhaler, according to the results of a trial of more than 2,000 ...

Spiriva capsules contain 18 mcg of tiotropium and are light green ... other than inhaled anticholinergics. The coprimary endpoints were the proportion of patients with COPD exacerbation and ...

A small proportion of veterans who went from a metered-dose inhaler to a dry-powder inhaler had to revert to the metered-dose inhaler, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network ...

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 ...

Purpose. Special considerations in the selection of medication inhaler devices for elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the ambulatory care setting are reviewed.

Companies like AstraZeneca and GSK, which have high-revenue-generating inhalers for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Qualcomm and its rival Propeller are emerging as the tech companies to partner with in the development of smart inhalers. Virtually all the companies active in the asthma and COPD markets have ...