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SUBMITTER: Malerba M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5941662 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Malerba Mario M Nardin Matteo M Santini Giuseppe G Mores Nadia N Radaeli Alessandro A Montuschi Paolo P
Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease 20180101
Maintenance pharmacological treatment for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is based on inhaled drugs, including long-acting muscarinic receptor antagonists (LAMA), long-acting β<sub>2</sub>-adrenoceptor agonists (LABA) and inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). Inhaled pharmacological treatment can improve patients' daily symptoms and reduce decline of pulmonary function and acute exacerbation rate. Treatment with all three inhaled drug classes is reserved for selected, more severe, p ...[more]