Current Treatment

COPD management involves treatment of chronic stable disease and of exacerbations¹. Consider the available treatment options for COPD and get helpful information on how COPD is managed. Learn more about the unmet needs of COPD and why research into new therapies is so important.

• Chronic stable disease – drug therapy
  Treatment of chronic stable COPD aims to prevent exacerbations and improve lung and physical function through a combination of drug and non drug therapy options.¹ Learn more about the range of drug therapies currently used in the treatment of COPD.

• Chronic stable disease – non drug therapy
  Learn more about the range of non drug therapies currently used in the treatment of COPD such as O₂ therapy, smoking cessation, exercise, enhancement of nutrition, and pulmonary rehabilitation.¹

• Treatment of acute exacerbations
  Treatment of acute COPD exacerbations aims to ensure adequate oxygenation and near-normal blood pH, reverse airway obstruction, and treat any underlying causes.¹ Learn more about the current approach to the treatment of exacerbations.

• The unmet needs in COPD
  Current anti-inflammatory medications used to treat COPD do not reduce the neutrophil-mediated inflammation.²  Learn more about the unmet needs in COPD.

1. Global Initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease: Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of COPD. 2010. www.goldcopd.org.
2. Cox G. Glucocorticoid treatment inhibits apoptosis in human neutrophils. J Immunol 1995;154:4719–4725.