FLAME analysis suggests COPD exacerbation risk spikes for 3 months after stopping LAMA or ICS, underscoring adherence and careful step-down.

Many patients with moderately severe or worse chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are receiving an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) in addition to a long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) and/or a ...

The findings provide further support of recommendations in the clinical guidelines to favor one therapy over the other. Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) being treated with ...

A Cochrane systematic review has found new moderate-quality evidence that tiotropium + long-acting beta2-agonist/inhaled corticosteroid (LABA/ICS) combination therapy reduces hospital admission for ...

A study looking at chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and coronary heart disease found that inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) reduced future cardiac events in patients not known to have coronary ...

Interventions to de-escalate use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are necessary and beneficial, researchers said during the federal ...

Findings support the most recent Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease recommendations and the European Respiratory Society Task Force report on ICS withdrawal in COPD. The study ...

Treatment with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may reduce the risk of death from pneumonia and other causes although they are associated an ...

Researchers from the UK caution that inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are being overused in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in light of a lack of solid evidence for their ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Fluticasone-based inhaled corticosteroid treatment substantially changed airway microbiome diversity in patients ...

Despite recommendations since 2007 limiting ICS use in patients with either forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1) <50% or frequent exacerbations, or both, 1,6 ICS are widely prescribed across all ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Inhaled corticosteroids are often used outside of the ...