Inhalers may be prescribed to people who have a variety of health conditions both chronic and acute, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and bronchitis. If you're new to ...

The pros and cons to using a dry powder inhaler as treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Neil Minkoff, MD: Dr Drummond, we’ve talked a little bit about the differences. You brought some ...

A Korean woman is at a medical consultation. She has asthma and her doctor is holding a puffer. The patient is listening intently as the doctor explains how to use the device correctly. The two are ...

Spiriva (tiotropium bromide) is a prescription drug that’s used to treat COPD and asthma. The drug comes in an inhaler. It’s usually used once per day. Spiriva is a prescription drug that comes in two ...

Dear Dr. Roach: In a recent column, you noted that many patients do not properly use their inhaled asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) medications, but you didn’t tell us how to ...

Neil Minkoff, MD: One of the things we had already touched on was patients ending up in the hospital in the emergency department [ED], and the overall clinical and economic ramifications of the ...

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