Inhalers for COPD provide steroids, bronchodilators, or combination drugs. The three types differ in the mechanism by which the medication is inhaled and have different instructions for use.

A formulary is a list maintained by each company that organizes ... Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans will typically cover inhalers for COPD. Depending on your plan, you ...

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. In ...

Certain Medicare plans typically cover at least part of the cost of inhalers for COPD. There are also several ways to further save on costs.

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 ...

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080409 Meng-Ting Wang et al, Environmentally friendly inhaler regimens for COPD, BMJ (2024). DOI: 10.1136/bmj.q2825 ...

Medicare has chosen 15 prescription medications for price negotiations this year, building off a first round of negotiations ...

There was a notable gap in effectiveness between metered-dose and dry-powder formulations of single-inhaler triple therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to real-world ...

A recent study published in the Journal of the COPD Foundation examines errors in the use or design of inhalers used by ...

Patients with COPD had slightly more major adverse cardiovascular events after initiating single-inhaler triple therapy vs a LABA-ICS inhaler.

Qualcomm and its rival Propeller are emerging as the tech companies to partner with in the development of smart inhalers. Virtually all the companies active in the asthma and COPD markets have ...