Medications

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Depending on how severe your disease is, your doctor may prescribe short-acting or long-acting bronchodilators. Short-acting bronchodilators last about 4 to 6 hours and should be used only when needed. Long-acting bronchodilators last about 12 hours or more and are used every day.

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New Study Finds...5 Things You Can Do to Keep it Together

Posted by Jane M. Martin, BA, LRT, CRT

"Did you hear about that study? You know, the one that says if you take Atrovent or Spiriva, you're more likely to have a heart attack or stroke? I don't know about you, but I've got enough trouble with my breathing, and I don't need anything else to happen. I'm going to stop taking it today!" Sound familiar? We've all been at the coffee…

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Jane M. Martin, BA, LRT, CRT, Health Pro, commented on COPD and Spiriva: How to Maximize its… Dear Flora, I'd be glad to answer that. Spiriva:…

12/07/12

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Jane M. Martin, BA, LRT, CRT, Health Pro, posted Understanding Your Medications - Part IV This is the fourth and final part of our series on COPD…

03/05/12

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Jane M. Martin, BA, LRT, CRT, Health Pro, posted Understanding Your Medications – Part… Today we’ll talk about:• Inhaler technique…

02/27/12

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Jane M. Martin, BA, LRT, CRT, Health Pro, posted Understanding and Using your COPD… In Part I we talked about the difference between controllers and relievers,…

02/21/12

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