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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

A rescue inhaler helps to expand a person’s airways during an asthma attack. Rescue inhalers dispense a type of medication called a bronchodilator, which expands (dilates) the airways, known as ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) medications can help you breathe more easily and improve your quality of life. You take some types every day, but you use others for quick relief only when ...

Many persons with a history of smoking tobacco have clinically significant respiratory symptoms despite an absence of airflow obstruction as assessed by spirometry. They are often treated with ...

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 ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I was recently diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Why do I have different inhalers? Bronchodilators commonly are prescribed for people with COPD.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inhaled dual bronchodilator therapy did not decrease respiratory symptoms among individuals who were current or ...

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 ...