Poor treatment of asthma and COPD puts a huge burden on the NHS. For example, £1 billion is spent on asthma treatment in the UK each year and represents 60,000 to 65,000 hospital admissions.

Inhalers for COPD provide steroids, bronchodilators, or combination drugs. The three types differ in the mechanism by which the medication is inhaled and have different instructions for use.

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 ...

But few would suspect that a critical medical device for millions of people with asthma and COPD—asthma inhalers—could be ...

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080409 Meng-Ting Wang et al, Environmentally friendly inhaler regimens for COPD, BMJ (2024). DOI: 10.1136/bmj.q2825 ...

Do not initiate in rapidly or acutely deteriorating COPD or asthma. Not for use with other long-acting β 2-agonists. Do not exceed recommended dose. Prescribe a short-acting, inhaled β 2-agonist ...