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.

Explore strategies for controlling COPD and improving health, with a focus on management and lifestyle changes.

The most common form of treatment that doctors prescribe for COPD is inhalation therapy, which includes inhalers and nebulizers. Compared to traditional medication inhalers, a nebulizer can ...

There are four stages of COPD. Your healthcare provider will use your COPD stage to determine your COPD severity and guide your treatment. To stage COPD, your healthcare provider will look at your ...

From medication to oxygen therapy to pulmonary rehabilitation, choosing COPD treatment starts with understanding your options. Discover the information you need to play an active role in your care.

You must go to a doctor to know for sure whether you have COPD. That’s because there are things to consider for a diagnosis. Some people have asthma and COPD at the same time. If you have ...

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[39,40,41,42,43,44,45] Significant differences in health beliefs, experiences, and behaviors were observed between COPD patients with high medication adherence and suboptimal adherence. The ...

COPD was the underlying disease condition in 90.6% of the respondents, while asthma (5.4%), bronchiectasis (2.2%), and others (eg, lung carcinoma, lungectomy) [1.8%] were the other respiratory ...

Family support was sometimes counterproductive. For example, one woman living with COPD mentioned that her son purchased self-prescribed medicines (based on samples of medicine collected from other ...