48 Treatments  for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

14 Tests 21 Prescribed Medications 2 Medical Procedures 1 Self Care

3 Alternative Procedures 2 Surgical Procedures 5 Herbs and Supplements

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Tests for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1. Lung Function Tests (LFT) Pulmonary function tests are a group of tests that measure how well the lungs take in and release air and how well they move gases such as oxygen from the atmospher...  More

2. Thoracic Gas Volume Costs

3. Spirometry The peak expiratory flow rate measures how fast a person can breathe out (exhale) air. It is one of many tests that measures how well the lungs are working.  More Costs

4. Pulse Oximetry The pulse oximeter is a photoelectric instrument for measuring oxygen saturation of the blood . A pulse oximeter uses infrared light and a photo sensor to detect th...  More

5. History and Physical Exam During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient's body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems. A typical physical ex...  More Costs

6. Peak expiratory flow rate Test The peak expiratory flow rate measures how fast a person can breathe out (exhale) air. It is one of many tests that measures how well the lungs are working.  More

7. Chest X-Ray A chest x-ray is an x-ray of the chest, lungs, heart, large arteries, ribs, and diaphragm.  More Costs

8. CT Scan of Lung Computed tomography (CT) of the chest is performed to diagnose a variety of symptoms, including vascular, cardiac, airway disease as well as cancers that can occur ...  More

9. Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Test Blood gases is a measurement of how much oxygen and carbon dioxide is in your blood. It also determines the acidity (pH) of your blood.  More

10. Spirometry for bronchospasm with prolonged evaluation Costs

11. Breath Sound Evaluation Auscultation is the method of listening to the sounds of the body during a physical examination.  More

12. Computed Tomography (CT) Scan A computed tomography (CT) scan is an imaging method that uses x-rays to create cross-sectional pictures of the body. See also: Cranial CT scan; Lumbosacral sp...  More

13. Lung Plethesmography Lung plethysmography is a test used to measure how much air you can hold in your lungs. See also: Limb plethysmography; Plethysmography.  More

14. X-Ray X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation, just like visible light. In a health care setting, a machines sends are individual x-ray particles, called photons. ...  More

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Prescribed Medications for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1. fluticasone(Flovent , others...) FLUTICASONE (floo TIK a sone) inhalation powder is a corticosteroid. It helps decrease inflammation in your lungs. This medicine is used to treat the symptoms of as...  More

2. theophylline(Theo-Dur , others...) THEOPHYLLINE (the OFF i lin) is a bronchodilator. It helps open up the airways in your lungs to make it easier to breathe. This medicine is used to treat the sympto...  More

3. ipratropium(Atrovent , Atrovent HFA) IPRATROPIUM (i pra TROE pee um) is a bronchodilator. It helps open up the airways in your lungs to make it easier to breathe. This medicine is used to prevent bronc...  More

4. prednisoLONE(Prelone , others...) PREDNISOLONE (pred NISS oh lone) is a corticosteroid. It is commonly used to treat inflammation of the skin, joints, lungs, and other organs. Common conditions trea...  More

5. terbutaline(Brethine , others...) TERBUTALINE (ter BYOO ta leen) is a bronchodilator. It helps open up the airways in your lungs to make it easier to breathe. This medicine is used to treat the symp...  More

6. arformoterol(Brovana ) ARFORMOTEROL (AR for MOE ter ol) is a slow-acting bronchodilator. It helps keep open the airways in your lungs to make it easier to breathe. This medicine is used t...  More

7. salmeterol(Serevent , Serevent Diskus) SALMETEROL (sal ME te role) is a slow-acting bronchodilator. It helps to open up the airways in your lungs to make it easier to breathe. This medicine is used long ...  More

8. albuterol(Ventolin , others...) ALBUTEROL (al BYOO ter ole) is a bronchodilator. It helps open up the airways in your lungs to make it easier to breathe. This medicine is used to treat and to prev...  More

9. tiotropium(Spiriva ) TIOTROPIUM (tee oh TRO pee um) is a bronchodilator. It helps open up the airways in your lungs to make it easier to breathe. This medicine is used to treat COPD, in...  More

10. predniSONE(Deltasone , others...) PREDNISONE (PRED ni sone) is a corticosteroid. It is commonly used to treat inflammation of the skin, joints, lungs, and other organs. Common conditions treated inc...  More

11. formoterol(Foradil Aerolizer , Perforomist) FORMOTEROL (for MOH te rol) is a slow-acting bronchodilator. It helps to open up the airways in your lungs and to make it easier to breathe. This medicine is used t...  More

12. beclomethasone(Qvar , others...) BECLOMETHASONE (be kloe METH a sone) is a corticosteroid. It helps decrease inflammation in your lungs. This medicine is used to treat the symptoms of asthma. Never...  More

13. metaproterenol(Alupent , Metaprel) METAPROTERENOL (met a proe TER e nole) is a bronchodilator. It helps open up the airways in your lungs to make it easier to breathe. This medicine is used to treat ...  More

14. flunisolide(AeroBid , AeroBid-M) FLUNISOLIDE (floo NISS oh lide) is a corticosteroid. It helps decrease inflammation in your lungs. This medicine is used to treat the symptoms of asthma. Never use ...  More

15. fluticasone-salmeterol(Advair Diskus , Advair HFA) FLUTICASONE; SALMETEROL (floo TIK a sone; sal ME te role) inhalation is a combination of two medicines that decrease inflammation and help to open up the airways in...  More

16. levalbuterol(Xopenex , others...) LEVALBUTEROL (lev al BYOO ter ol) is a bronchodilator. It helps open up the airways in your lungs to make it easier to breathe. This medicine is used to treat and t...  More

17. pirbuterol(Maxair , Maxair Autohaler) PIRBUTEROL (peer BYOO ter ole) is a bronchodilator. It helps open up the airways in your lungs to make it easier to breathe. This medicine is used to treat and to p...  More

18. budesonide inhalation(Pulmicort Respules , others...) BUDESONIDE (bue DES oh nide) is a corticosteroid. It helps to decrease inflammation in your lungs. This medicine is used to treat the symptoms of asthma. Never use ...  More

19. triamcinolone inhalation(Azmacort ) TRIAMCINOLONE (trye am SIN oh lone) is a corticosteroid. This medicine is used to reduce and control the symptoms of asthma. It does not provide instant relief and ...  More

20. albuterol-ipratropium(Combivent , DuoNeb) ALBUTEROL; IPRATROPIUM (al BYOO ter ole; i pra TROE pee um) has two bronchodilators. It helps open up the airways in your lungs to make it easier to breathe.This me...  More

21. azithromycin(Zithromax , others...) AZITHROMYCIN (az ith roe MYE sin) is a macrolide antibiotic. It is used to treat or prevent certain kinds of bacterial infections. It will not work for colds, flu, ...  More

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Medical Procedures for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1. Oxygen Therapy Oxygen may be classified as an element, a gas, and a drug. Oxygen therapy is the administration of oxygen at concentrations greater than that in room air to treat o...  More Costs

2. Pulmonary Rehabilitation Pulmonary rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary, individually designed intervention program, including exercise and education, that helps patients with chronic lung...  More

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Self Care for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1. Smoking Cessation There are a lot of ways to quit smoking and many resources to help you. Family members, friends, and coworkers may be supportive or encouraging, but the desire and ...  More

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Alternative Procedures for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease What's this?

1. Acupuncture The practice of acupuncture originated in China 5,000 years ago. Today it is widely used throughout the world and is one of the main pillars of Chinese medicine. Th...  More Costs |   Efficacy Grade C

2. Hydrotherapy Water has been used medicinally for thousands of years, with traditions rooted in ancient China, Japan, India, Rome, Greece, the Americas, and the Middle East. Ther...  More Efficacy Grade C

3. Spinal Manipulation Overview : Chiropractic is a health care discipline that focuses on the relationship between musculoskeletal structure (primarily the spine) and body function ...  More Efficacy Grade C

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Surgical Procedures for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

1. Lung Transplant Lung transplant is surgery to replace one or both diseased lungs with healthy lungs from a human donor.  More

2. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

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Herbs and Supplements for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease What's this?

1. beta-carotene The name carotene was first coined in the early 19th Century by the scientist Wachenroder after he crystallized this compound from carrot roots. Beta-carotene is a ...  More Efficacy Grade C

2. Hedera helix English ivy ( Hedera helix ) is native to most of Europe and southwest Asia. Although it is often used as a landscaping groundcover in the United States, it is also...  More Efficacy Grade C

3. Thymus Extract The thymus is a lobular gland located under the breastbone near the thyroid gland. It reaches its maximum size during early childhood and plays a large role in immu...  More Efficacy Grade C

4. Pineapple bromelain Classified as an herb, bromelain is a sulfur-containing proteolytic digestive enzyme that is extracted from the stem and the fruit of the pineapple plant ( Ananas c...  More Efficacy Grade C

5. ginseng The term ginseng refers to several species of the genus Panax . For more than 2,000 years, the roots of this slow-growing plant have been valued in Chinese medicine...  More

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