Is a long-acting inhaled bronchodilator the first agent to use in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

DP Tashkin - Current opinion in pulmonary medicine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Current evidence supports the recommendation of the Global Initiative for Chronic
Obstructive Lung Disease guidelines of at least one of the two classes of long-acting inhaled …

The role of long-acting bronchodilators in the management of stable COPD

DP Tashkin, CB Cooper - Chest, 2004 - Elsevier
Bronchodilators form the foundation of symptomatic treatment of COPD. Several long-acting
bronchodilators are now available for use in COPD, but publications of large-scale studies of …

Long-acting bronchodilator therapy for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

AM Chen, SG Bollmeier… - Annals of …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To review clinical data on the use of long-acting bronchodilator agents as
monotherapy and in combination for the treatment of moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive …

[PDF][PDF] Comparative effectiveness of drugs for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

M Cazzola, A Segreti, P Rogliani - Drugs Today (Barc), 2012 - researchgate.net
Current guidelines for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
recommend the use of inhaled long-acting bronchodilators, inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) …

Optimizing treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an assessment of current therapies

RA Wise, DP Tashkin - The American journal of medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
Bronchodilators are the mainstay of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) therapy.
Inhaled short-acting β2-agonists generally have a more rapid onset of effect and shorter …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the clinical value of fast onset and sustained duration of action of long-acting bronchodilators for COPD

M Cazzola, KM Beeh, D Price, N Roche - Pulmonary pharmacology & …, 2015 - Elsevier
The long-acting inhaled bronchodilators available for use in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) vary in their pharmacological class (β 2-adrenergic agonist or …

The short, the long and the “ultra-long”: why duration of bronchodilator action matters in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

KM Beeh, J Beier - Advances in therapy, 2010 - Springer
Bronchodilators are the cornerstone of symptomatic treatment for all chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) severity stages when administered on a regular basis to prevent …

Bronchodilator treatment of stable COPD: long-acting anticholinergics

W Vincken - European Respiratory Review, 2005 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Since airflow obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is to some extent
reversible, bronchodilators play an important role in the maintenance treatment of COPD the …

Long-acting bronchodilators are the first-choice option for the treatment of stable COPD

M Cazzola, MG Matera - Chest, 2004 - journal.chestnet.org
A volume of published evidence sustains the role of long-acting β2-agonists in the treatment
of stable COPD. 1–5 These agents not only induce prolonged bronchodilation, but also …

Pharmacologic treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a mixed‐treatment comparison meta‐analysis

WL Baker, EL Baker, CI Coleman - … : The Journal of Human …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Study Objective. To assess the comparative efficacy of pharmacologic agents for the
maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Design …