Poor treatment of asthma and COPD puts a huge burden on the NHS. For example, £1 billion is spent on asthma treatment in the UK each year and represents 60,000 to 65,000 hospital admissions.

Most COPD medications work best when sent directly into the lungs through an inhaler. Learn more about the 3 most common types used to treat COPD.

Medically reviewed by Brian Bezack, DO Over-the-counter (OTC) inhalers are not approved for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Aside from the fact that they are ineffective for ...

Shifting from a metered-dose inhaler to a dry-powder inhaler for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma in ...

Research shows that digital inhalers equipped with remote monitoring capabilities may aid in predicting and identifying ...

Inhaler misuse leading to inadequate medication delivery impacts a person's ability to manage symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and additional education about proper ...

Between 14 days and 1 day out from an acute exacerbation of COPD, a digital inhaler measured significant drops in inhalation ...

If you have (COPD), your doctor may prescribe inhaled corticosteroids as part of your treatment. Learn how to take them, how they can help, what the side effects might be.

About 69% of hospitalized COPD patients misused inhalers, 66% made critical errors during inhaler use, and 14% had insufficient PIF. An average of 1.4 and 1.3 and critical errors for every inhaler ...

Metered-dose inhaler budesonide-glycopyrrolate-formoterol (Breztri Aerosphere) was associated with a higher risk of a first moderate or severe COPD exacerbation (HR 1.09, 95% CI 1.04-1.14 ...