Treatment of COPD

The number one priority remains smoking cessation, which may be accompanied by cessation assistance.

The smoking cessation has a beneficial effect at any stage of the illness. Medicine is available to diminish the symptoms of the illness and improve the patient’s quality of life. At early stages of the illness, we prescribe bronchodilators, which help to dilate the bronchial tubes and inhibit dyspnea. This medicine is administered in aerosol form. At the other end of the scale, for the most severe forms of the illness, we must provide patients, suffering from respiratory insufficiency, with oxygen in the form of oxygen therapy or assisted ventilation.

Last updated: 02/10/2018