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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, often called COPD, includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, which can make breathing difficult. It may develop gradually, with breathlessness, a persistent chesty cough or repeated chest infections.

Advair Diskus

Fluticasone Propionate, Salmeterol

100mcg + 50mcg · 250mcg + 50mcg · 500mcg + 50mcg

Fluticasone and salmeterol inhalation powder for asthma and COPD. It combines a corticosteroid with a long-acting bronchodilator in one device.

From$21.00/ inhalerView

Asthalin

Salbutamol

2mg · 4mg

Salbutamol tablets for bronchospasm and asthma. It is a quick-relief medicine that opens the airways but does not treat the underlying inflammation.

From$0.44/ tabletView

Budecort Inhaler

Budesonide

100mcg · 200mcg

A budesonide inhaler for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is a preventer, not a reliever, so it is used daily to reduce airway inflammation.

From$35.56/ inhalerView

Foracort Inhaler

Formoterol, Budesonide

100mcg + 6mcg · 200mcg + 6mcg · 400mcg + 6mcg

Formoterol and budesonide inhaler for asthma and COPD. The budesonide reduces swelling while formoterol opens the airways.

From$40.40/ inhalerView

Atrovent

Ipratropium

20mcg

Ipratropium inhaler for bronchospasm and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is a maintenance therapy, not a quick-relief inhaler.

From$15.60/ inhalerView

Tiova Rotacap

Tiotropium

18mcg

Tiotropium capsules for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It keeps airways open by blocking a nerve signal that narrows them.

From$0.76/ capsuleView

Clenbuterol Tablets

Clenbuterol

40mcg

Clenbuterol tablets for bronchospasm and COPD. It is not a steroid, despite being used for weight loss in some countries, and it can cause a rapid heartbeat.

From$2.04/ tabletView

Serevent

Salmeterol

25mcg

Salmeterol inhaler for asthma and COPD. It is a long-acting bronchodilator for maintenance, not quick relief.

From$16.83/ inhalerView

Key points

  • Smoking is a major cause of COPD, which mainly affects people in middle age or later.
  • Lung damage from COPD cannot be reversed, although treatment can help slow its progression.
  • Symptoms can gradually limit normal activities, but their impact varies from person to person.
  • Emphysema affects the lung air sacs, while chronic bronchitis involves long-term airway inflammation.

Medicines listed for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

The listed products include inhalers, tablets and capsules associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Salmeterol and formoterol are bronchodilators that help open the airways, while Budesonide and fluticasone propionate are inhaled corticosteroids. Ipratropium is an anticholinergic medicine. These medicine classes are used to support breathing in COPD.

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