Medically reviewed by Brian Bezack, DO Inhaler colors, such as blue, often are used to identify a specific type of inhaler ...

More information: William B Feldman et al, Comparative effectiveness and safety of single inhaler triple therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: new user cohort study, BMJ (2024).

BOSTON — Compared with 17,800 patients starting new inhaled COPD maintenance therapy in 2016 ... the number of patients prescribed to these types of treatments has changed from 2016 to 2022.

In a cohort of adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), receiving fluticasone-umeclidinium-vilanterol was ...

Use inhalers: There is not a one size fits all inhaler approach for COPD. Two types of inhalers COPD patients might use: Tan says some people may just use a bronchodilator, but people with more ...

A high-tech device that can monitor medication use and compliance has been cleared by the FDA for use with AstraZeneca’s Airsupra and Breztri inhalers. Developed by Australian medtech firm ...

Patients with COPD had slightly more major adverse cardiovascular events after initiating single-inhaler triple therapy vs a LABA-ICS inhaler.

A further 500 were given the triple combination but in two inhalers. COPD is term used to describe a number of progressive ... Using a count of blood eosinophil (a type of immune cell), it was ...

Addressing a workshop titled "Phasing out CFC in Metered Dose Inhalers", Mr Singh said, "Environment-friendly asthma and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases) inhalers are being introduced ...

Budesonide-glycopyrrolate-formoterol does not improve clinical outcomes compared with fluticasone-umeclidinium-vilanterol ...