Ipratropium (brand name, Atrovent HFA; Boehringer-Ingelheim) is a short-acting bronchodilator. It is used to prevent wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing, and chest tightness in people with COPD.
In people with COPD, a four-week treatment with roflumilast reduced sputum neutrophils by 31 percent and eosinophils by 42 percent. The clinical significance of this is unknown, however. In the two ...
What is the landscape like for COPD treatments at the moment? Today you have two types of bronchodilators. Inhaled drugs that open the airways – beta 2 agonists and antimuscarinics – were ...
Study Aim To describe treatment pathways 5 years prior to initiation of dual bronchodilator therapy (LABA+LAMA) or on triple inhaled therapy (ICS+LABA+LAMA), in single or separate inhalers, in ...
The drug was administered twice-daily using a nebuliser as a chronic maintenance therapy for people with COPD in the ENHANCE ... and is thought to combine bronchodilator and anti-inflammatory ...
COPD and BPD: Inhalation of Live Lactobacilli Lessens Lung Inflammation and Improves Lung Function Aug. 21, 2024 — In preclinical models, the inhalation of a mixture of living Lactobacilli ...
A vitamin found in eggs and milk could hold the key to curing the potentially fatal lung disease emphysema, new research has revealed. British scientists have found that retinoic acid, a ...