Digital inhalers that allow remote patient monitoring may predict impending exacerbations, or episodes when symptoms of COPD ...

Anxiety, research shows, makes COPD symptoms worse. As a child, I recognized the connection between nature and stress relief.As an adult, the busy life of being a teacher (and the wife of a teacher) ...

Note: This column describes the author’s own experiences with the sleep aid and antidepressant trazodone. Not everyone will have the same response to treatment. Consult your doctor before starting or ...

Fluticasone (brand name Flovent) is a prescription corticosteroid used to prevent breathing difficulties, chest tightness, wheezing and coughing caused by respiratory disorders such as COPD.It works ...

Trelegy Ellipta is a once-daily, single inhaler triple therapy from GSK, in collaboration with Innoviva, approved as a long-term maintenance treatment for certain patients with chronic obstructive ...

Treatment of COPD with noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is effective in acute flares, in helping in pulmonary rehabilitation, and in managing high levels of carbon dioxide. According to the GOLD ...

GSP 304 (tiotropium bromide) is a mist that Glenmark Pharmaceuticals is developing to widen the narrowed airways that are a hallmark of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.. Glenmark is working on U ...

Mary Chapman is an award-winning journalist who writes feature stories for COPD News Today. She covers the latest news and information on a variety of COPD topics.

Although there is no cure for COPD yet, there are several approved treatments that can help manage the disease and ease symptoms. Learn more about some of the specific therapies used to treat this ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is an inflammatory lung disease mainly caused by long-term exposure to irritants, such as cigarette smoke, air pollution, and chemical gases.In rare ...

Yupelri is a bronchodilator, a medication that makes breathing easier by relaxing and widening the airways. Approved in the U.S. as a maintenance COPD therapy, it is administered once daily by ...