Many symptomatic tobacco-exposed persons with preserved lung function on spirometry are treated with COPD medications, including inhaled bronchodilators and glucocorticoids. 2 Because spirometry ...

Short-acting and long-acting bronchodilators treat various lung conditions and are available by prescription. This class of bronchodilator causes the smooth muscles surrounding the airways to ...

OBSTRUCTIVE pulmonary emphysema, as the term is used here, refers to a chronic progressive process manifested clinically by dyspnea, which most commonly makes its appearance in middle-aged or ...

More information: Bronchodilators in symptomatic tobacco-exposed persons with preserved spirometry for the RETHINC study group, New England Journal of Medicine (2022). DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2204752 ...

Australia’s new asthma guidelines warn against anyone with asthma – even those with infrequent symptoms – using only ...

Fixed long-acting combinations of both anticholinergic and beta-agonist bronchodilators, not previously available, have been developed. A new fixed combination of glycopyrronium and indacaterol ...

Examples include bronchodilators, corticosteroids, antimicrobial drugs, and more. Breathing treatments use medication to fight infections, remove mucus, dilate parts of the respiratory system ...

Whether intentional or accidental, drug overdoses can be life-threatening. Adrenergic bronchodilators overdose is when a person takes too much of a certain type of asthma medication. Adrenergic ...

You probably won't need your rescue inhaler as much either. Long-acting bronchodilators are another type of controller medication. They work like rescue inhalers, but the effects last longer ...