Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death nationwide. The disease can destroy normal lung tissue and make breathing difficult. Steroids are a key treatment for ...

June 15, 2010 — In patients hospitalized for exacerbations of acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), low-dose corticosteroids given orally were not associated with worse outcomes than ...

Are IV or oral steroids better for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation? —Harnek Singh, MD, Orangeburg, S.C. Several studies have examined the relative benefit of ...

Prednisone reduces hospital stay duration and mortality in COPD and heart failure patients compared to other corticosteroids. The study analyzed data from 6,153 patients admitted to HCA Healthcare ...

Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) management often involve systemic corticosteroids (SC). Researchers recently found that the use of a standardized electronic ...

Bevespi Aerosphere (glycopyrrolate and formoterol fumarate) is a prescription drug that’s used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It comes as an aerosol with an inhaler device. You ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - People with the lung ailment chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are more likely to get pneumonia if they use inhaled corticosteroid drugs and doctors should be more ...

Researchers have found a promising treatment breakthrough for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that avoids many of the drawbacks of current drugs, and it has come from an unexpected place.