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.

Medically reviewed by Brian Bezack, DO Inhalers are medical devices used to deliver a dose of medication into your lungs to ...

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

Opens in a new tab or window There was a notable gap in effectiveness between metered-dose and dry-powder formulations of single-inhaler triple ... of non-persistence to medication, and short ...

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).

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

Inhalers may be prescribed to people who have a variety of health conditions both chronic and acute, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary ... you can remove the medication canister ...

is to work with Qualcomm to 'digitally upgrade' its Respimat inhaler, introducing a new connectivity solution to improve medication adherence in chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD ...

The Hailie Smartinhaler device has also been cleared for use with inhalers from other ... to patients with asthma and COPD under a 510(k) over-the-counter clearance. In a statement, the company ...

Metered-dose inhaler budesonide-glycopyrrolate-formoterol (Breztri Aerosphere) was associated with a higher risk of a first ...

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