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 ...

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.

If you're one of the millions of Americans with allergic asthma, treatments can help you live a full and active life. These medicines work quickly and are usually the first ones your doctor will give ...

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 ...

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.

August 16, 2010 — Nebulized hypertonic 3% saline solution without adjunctive bronchodilators has a low rate of adverse events in infants younger than 2 years with bronchiolitis, according to the ...

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 ...

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 ...