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.

Green inhalers tend to be for long-acting beta-agonist preventer medication, most often used to help reduce symptoms of respiratory conditions like asthma or COPD. These must also be taken ...

Triple therapy of an inhaled corticosteroid, long acting β 2-agonist (LABA), and long acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) is more effective in reducing the annual rate of exacerbations compared with ...

Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans with drug coverage typically cover inhalers for COPD. But you may still be responsible for a portion of the cost. If you have chronic ...

A small proportion of veterans who went from a metered-dose inhaler to a dry-powder inhaler had to revert to the metered-dose ...

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 ...

More information: William B Feldman et al, Comparative effectiveness and safety of single inhaler triple therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: new user cohort study, BMJ (2024).

Purpose. Special considerations in the selection of medication inhaler devices for elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the ambulatory care setting are reviewed.

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.