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MINI REVIEW Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, its new drug treatments and strategies: A review

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dc.contributor.author Muhammad Hanif
dc.contributor.author Junaid Qureshi
dc.contributor.author Hira Ijaz
dc.contributor.author Muhammad Iqbal Mustafa
dc.contributor.author Akhtar Rasul
dc.contributor.author Naeem Amir
dc.contributor.author Basma Aftab
dc.contributor.author Ahad Fayyaz
dc.date.accessioned 2023-01-20T07:17:15Z
dc.date.available 2023-01-20T07:17:15Z
dc.date.issued 2018-06-02
dc.identifier.citation Hanif, M., Qureshi, J., Ijaz, H., Mustafa, M. I., Rasul, A., Amir, N., ... & Fayyaz, A. (2018). Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, its new drug treatments and strategies: A review. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 31(3), 967-972. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1011-601X
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/16366
dc.description.abstract COPD is a complicated disease. Current available treatments are just for symptomatic relief and they cannot reverse the damages to lungs tissues due to alveolar destruction in COPD. Research is being conducted to evaluate new treatments and strategies to find specific treatments to minimize the symptoms of COPD. A new mixture of herbal medicine i.e AKL1 has emerged and thought to cure COPD symptoms especially cough related quality of life of COPD patients. Although, the results have showed no significant difference as compared to placebo but researchers recommend further evaluation in a large population (COPD Patients) group. Another medicine Roflumilast, a phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, was also found to be effective to treat COPD under specific recommendations with further research needed. Finally another medicine Indacaterol, a novel, once-daily (o.d) inhaled long-acting β2-agonist proved to be effective clinically to treat COPD related broncho-constriction and also increasing the COPD patient’s compliance by reducing the number of doses as compared to other conventional inhaled bronchodilators such as Albuterol. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Karachi: Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Karachi en_US
dc.subject COPD exacerbations en_US
dc.subject forced expiratory volume en_US
dc.subject leicester cough questionnaire en_US
dc.subject St. George's respiratory questionnaire en_US
dc.title MINI REVIEW Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, its new drug treatments and strategies: A review en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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