These conditions can make breathing more difficult — especially for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD — and increase the use of inhalers.

These medications include Dupixent (dupilumab), approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2024 for a specific type of COPD as well as asthma. Other add-ons also are available as oral ...

The FDA approved the generic version, Wixela Inhub (fluticasone-salmeterol; Viatris), as the first generic maintenance inhaler for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in 2019 ...

Both COPD and asthma are common diseases that affect a person's breathing. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 15.7 million Americans report being diagnosed with COPD.

A 2017 study looked at around 2,600 Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage plans to determine the average out-of-pocket costs for COPD inhalers. Depending on the inhaler type, costs ranged from ...

A new inhaler that treats chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and also helps reduce environmental harm has been approved for use in the UK. This inhaler is already available in India ...

Metered-dose inhalers, the most common type used to treat asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), use a propellant gas to aerosolize medications, which patients then breathe in.

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 ...

News Health Peak asthma season means more inhaler puffs, and more emissions Thu., Oct. 10, 2024 Smoke shrouds houses in Los Angeles during the Saddleridge Fire in October 2019.

For some, dry powder isn't a good option because not all asthma or COPD sufferers can get their medications in this form. And dry powder inhalers aren't recommended for young children or elderly ...

Patients in the U.K. and Sweden who use these inhalers have better asthma control, but Divo says only about 25% of his patients even consider switching because there may be downsides.