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 ...

The pros and cons to using a dry powder inhaler as treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Neil Minkoff, MD: Dr Drummond, we’ve talked a little bit about the differences. You brought some ...

People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often need to use many different inhalers every day to help them breathe better. But now, there are newer inhalers that combine different ...

A recent study found that teach-to-goal methods are more effective than brief interventions in metered-dose inhaler education for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a new study, a high proportion of patients with COPD used their pressurized metered dose inhalers incorrectly ...

Approximately two thirds of hospitalized adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) received suboptimal treatment with inhalers, mainly resulting from errors, based on data from 96 ...