Respiratory Drugs Long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMA) have been shown to reduce exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and are now being considered for patients with ...

Current drug treatments have been incorporated into clinical practice guidelines, such as the NAEPP EPR-3 for asthma [101] and GOLD treatment guidelines for COPD, [102] both of which recognize the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inhalers with a long-acting muscarinic antagonist and a long-acting beta agonist (LABA) resulted in “better ...

Changing patients from an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)/long-acting β agonist (LABA) inhaler and long-acting muscarinic agonist (LAMA) inhaler to a LAMA/LABA inhaler and a separate ICS inhaler did not ...

CHICAGO -- A fixed-dose inhaler combining an inhaled corticosteroid, long-acting muscarinic antagonist, and long-acting beta agonist (ICS/LAMA/LABA) improved lung function and reduced exacerbations in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Doubling the inhaled corticosteroid dose and adding umeclidinium to inhaled ...

Overall results demonstrated that for the LABA/LAMA cohort cardiovascular event frequency was 2.11% compared to 3.41% in the LABA/ICS cohort. According to a new study published in the Annals of ...

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 ...

April 14, 2020--Clinicians grappling with the pharmacologic management of COPD in patients complaining of exercise intolerance or dyspnea now have new guidance. The American Thoracic Society has ...