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 properly use them. I’d ...

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 ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: In a recent column, you noted that many patients do not properly use their inhaled asthma /chronic obstructive pulmonary disease medications, but you didn’t tell us how to properly use ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Many people manage their asthma with an inhaler — but they may not be using it correctly. Studies show that nearly 90% of patients with an inhaler make at least one ...

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 ...

Summer temperatures, humidity and allergies are triggers for people diagnosed with asthma. These triggers can range from being a nuisance to being life-threatening. Dr. Jacqueline Squire, a Mayo ...

(Reuters Health) – Less than one in five people who need to use asthma inhalers or epinephrine auto-injectors know how to use them properly, a small U.S. study suggests People with severe allergies or ...

Some people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) need to use multiple inhaled medicines each day to control their symptoms. Long-acting combination inhalers that contain more than one ...

Most patients usually administer their medication, which can range from swallowing pills to injecting insulin. But they do not always get it right, as noted by Vereityinfo. According to experts, ...

Albuterol is a common rescue medication that people with COPD can use as an inhaler or nebulizer. Side effects are usually mild, but rare and serious cardiac side effects can occur. Albuterol is a ...

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 ...