Effective treatment often requires you to take medications to better manage symptoms or stop taking medications if a doctor advises that you no longer need them. Finding the right dosages and ...

David Mannino is co-founder and chief medical officer of the COPD Foundation. He's an internal medicine doctor with a specialty in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine at University of ...

Among patients with blood eosinophil counts greater than or equal to 150 cells/µL, the reduction in the annual rate of moderate to severe COPD exacerbations was found to be nominally significant. The ...

Key opinion leaders highlight the triple therapy approach from the most recent GOLD guidelines, including ICS, long-acting beta-agonist (LABA), and long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA). Jeffrey D.

Triple therapy in COPD significantly improves lung function vs LAMA monotherapy, LABA/LAMA, and ICS/LABA, although evidence showing this is often low quality. Triple therapy is likely effective, safe, ...

Escalating to extrafine single-inhaler triple therapy significantly reduces exacerbations in patients with moderate to severe COPD.

Triple therapy for COPD, vs ICS/LABA therapy, was independently associated with ischemic heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmia, and atrial fibrillation/flutter. Cardiovascular events in patients ...

COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a group of life-changing lung diseases that include emphysema and chronic bronchitis. 1 Those living with COPD can experience coughing, wheezing, ...