Some contain bronchodilators to open your airways or deliver a glucocorticoid (steroid) to reduce inflammation. Other inhalers offer a combination of drugs. Inhalers are meant to reduce airway ...
Corticosteroids are used to treat inflammation in various inflammatory, respiratory, and autoimmune disorders. Also called glucocorticoids or just “steroids,” they mimic a hormone called cortisol that ...
Repeated requirements for bronchodilator use during an exacerbation generally warrants a short course of an oral corticosteroid. Ipratropium aerosol 0.5 mg with 2.5-5 mg albuterol by nebulizer.