Scientists Develop Whole New Form of Effective Asthma Treatment

THURSDAY, Nov. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Geoffrey Pointing says its hard to describe the distress of an asthma or COPD flare-up.

“Honestly, when you're having a flare up, it's very difficult to tell anybody how you feel - you can hardly breathe,” Pointing, 77, of Banbury, England, said in a news release. 

But an existing injectable drug might make these attacks much less frightening, a new clinical trial has shown.

The already-approved drug for asthma could replace steroid medications as a means of quelling asthma and COPD flare-ups, researchers report.