The findings provide further support of recommendations in the clinical guidelines to favor one therapy over the other. Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) being treated with ...

The GOLD 2023 and 2024 reports recommend that health professionals consider triple therapy (TT) entailing combined use of a long-acting β 2 agonist (LABA), a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA), ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Fluticasone-based inhaled corticosteroid treatment substantially changed airway microbiome diversity in patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inhalers with a long-acting muscarinic antagonist and a long-acting beta agonist (LABA) resulted in “better ...

Triple therapy for COPD, vs ICS/LABA therapy, was independently associated with ischemic heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmia, and atrial fibrillation/flutter. Cardiovascular events in patients ...

GSK announced today that Health Canada has approved Nucala (mepolizumab) as an add-on maintenance treatment in adult patients ...

The maintenance inhalers available for obstructive lung disease are long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs), long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs), and inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs). We use all three ...

Credit: Scott Bodell/MedicalImages.com The authors outline preventative pharmacologic therapies for COPD exacerbations and a patient-tailored approach to management. Chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Inhaled corticosteroid–long-acting beta-agonist (ICS-LABA) inhalers are widely prescribed for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. ICS-LABAs are largely interchangeable within the class; ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatments involving inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) were associated with a greater risk for fractures, a meta-analysis of several dozen randomized trials ...

"Clinicians are conscientious people, and the message for them from our research is to make sure that they start medications promptly in patients with COPD after an acute hospital stay…On admission, ...