Inhalation Therapy - Effective Respiratory Medication Delivery

Inhalation therapy involves administering medication directly to the lungs for respiratory relief. It is commonly used for asthma and COPD management.
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What is inhalation therapy?

4 Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department PROMISE, "Giaccone" University Hospital, University of Palermo, Italy. Inhalation therapy allows conveying drugs directly into the airways.

What is pulmonary inhalation therapy?

The primary goal of inhalation therapy for local treatment is to reduce pulmonary symptoms, for example, through the alleviation and/or prevention of airway inflammation and constriction [ 7 ]. Typical examples of inhaled drugs are corticosteroids, beta-sympathomimetics, muscarinic antagonists, and antibiotics.

Why is inhalation used in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

Can Respir J. 2018; 2018: 2732017. The inhalation route is frequently used to administer drugs for the management of respiratory diseases such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Compared with other routes of administration, inhalation offers a number of advantages in the treatment of these diseases.

What are the advantages of inhalation?

Compared with other routes of administration, inhalation offers a number of advantages in the treatment of these diseases. For example, via inhalation, a drug is directly delivered to the target organ, conferring high pulmonary drug concentrations and low systemic drug concentrations.

What is inhalation therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?

1. Introduction Inhalation therapy is central when treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with bronchodilators and anti-inflammatory drugs being recommended by international treatment strategy documents at any stage of the disease ( Halpin et al., 2021; Boulet et al., 2019 ).

Why is inhalation therapy important?

Inhalation therapy has gained importance in recent decades [ 1 ]. Today, inhalation represents the administration route of choice for the delivery of drugs to treat respiratory disorders such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) [ 2 – 4 ].

Why is inhalation therapy important for patients with COPD?

Inhalation therapy is recommended at all stages of the disease and allows the delivery of active molecules directly to the target site of action, whilst minimising adverse side-effects. Inhalers therefore play a crucial role in the effective management of patients with COPD and their choice is as important as that of the drug.

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