Support for stepwise approach to COPD

Triple therapy should not be necessary for most patients with COPD but the concern about overprescription remains. Dr Eli Dabscheck, a respiratory physician at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, and co-chair of the national COPD-X guidelines committee, said evidence that inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) were already overprescribed supported those concerns. Speaking at the Respiratory Insights Forum in ...