What do inhalers do for the treatment of copd. ie spiriva?
– Spiriva (or tiotropium) is probably now the first line drug in COPD. Its predecessors include Atrovent (or ipratropium ), which was effectual, but short acting. Tiotropium, a long-acting antimuscarinic bronchodilator. It is vital to totally avoid the precipitating cause of COPD, which is invariably smoking! Speriva is a long lasting anti-cholinergic bronchodilator.
