Background: The proliferation of inhaler devices has resulted ... When selecting an aerosol delivery device for patients with asthma and COPD, the following should be considered: device/drug ...

Patients with asthma and COPD routinely switch from pressurized metered-dose inhalers to dry powder inhalers and vice versa.

“We’re trying to treat conditions like asthma and COPD with these inhalers, and we’re actually making it harder to breathe,” said Jyothi Tirumalasetty, a clinical assistant professor at ...

But now, a new study from Stanford Health Care suggests that some asthma inhalers are also taking a toll on the environment. Dr. Jyothi Tirumalasetty, M.D., says research is zeroing in on ...

Insurance companies could be required to cover asthma inhalers at no cost in New York state. Assemblywoman Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, D-East Elmhurst, has introduced legislation (A.10692) that would ...

FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images / AFP Three years after raising health groups’ suspicions by acquiring Vectura, a British pharmaceutical firm that makes asthma inhalers, cigarette giant ...

Doctors are to be taught to avoid giving asthma patients traditional inhalers if possible because of the greenhouse gases they generate. Medics will be encouraged to prescribe inhalers that use ...

Inhalers are some of the most widely used medical devices and can be lifesaving drugs for the nearly 25 million adults and children who have asthma in the United States. In asthmatics, the disease ...

Early fall is when asthma flare-ups peak in the U.S., and ... Pharmaceutical companies are looking to change that with lower-emitting inhalers that they plan to roll out by the end of the decade.