A bronchodilator is a medication that relaxes and opens the airways, or bronchi, in the lungs. A doctor may prescribe them for asthma and other respiratory conditions. Narrowed airways make it ...

Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have found that dual bronchodilators—long-lasting inhalers that relax the airways and make it easier to breathe—do little to help people who ...

Dear Mayo Clinic: I was recently diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Why do I have different inhalers? A: Bronchodilators commonly are prescribed for people with COPD.

Short-acting bronchodilators offer quick relief of respiratory symptoms, with effects lasting from 30 minutes to several hours. They are often used as a rescue medication. Long-acting bronchodilators ...

A range of breathing treatments can help a person breathe more easily when they have an infection, chronic health condition, or medical emergency. Examples include bronchodilators, corticosteroids, ...

OBSTRUCTIVE pulmonary emphysema, as the term is used here, refers to a chronic progressive process manifested clinically by dyspnea, which most commonly makes its appearance in middle-aged or elderly ...

Fixed long-acting combinations of both anticholinergic and beta-agonist bronchodilators, not previously available, have been developed. A new fixed combination of glycopyrronium and indacaterol has ...

August 16, 2010 — Nebulized hypertonic 3% saline solution without adjunctive bronchodilators has a low rate of adverse events in infants younger than 2 years with bronchiolitis, according to the ...

An overdose happens when you take too much of a drug. Whether intentional or accidental, drug overdoses can be life-threatening. Adrenergic bronchodilators overdose is when a person takes too much of ...

Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have found that dual bronchodilators – long-lasting inhalers that relax the airways and make it easier to breathe – do little to help people ...

Researchers have found that dual bronchodilators -- long-lasting inhalers that relax the airways and make it easier to breathe -- do little to help people who do not have chronic obstructive pulmonary ...