Commonly Used COPD Medications

Medication Type Generic name Sample U.S. brands How it's given

ProAir HFA, Proventil HFA, ProAir Metered dose inhaler, dry Albuterol Short-acting beta RespiClick, Ventolin inhaler, agonists (SABAs) HFA, AccuNeb

Levalbuterol Xopenex HFA Metered dose inhaler, nebulizer

Short-acting Ipratropium Atrovent HFA Metered dose inhaler, nebulizer anticholinergics

Short-acting Albuterol and Combivent Respimat, Soft mist inhaler, nebulizer combinations ipratropium DuoNeb

Arformoterol Brovana Nebulizer

Formoterol Perforomist Nebulizer

Dry powder inhaler (medicine Long-acting beta comes in a pill that you put into the Indacaterol Arcapta Neohaler agonists inhaler when it's time to take a dose). Use only once a day.

Olodaterol Striverdi Respimat Soft mist inhaler

Salmeterol Serevent Diskus Dry powder inhaler Medication Type Generic name Sample U.S. How it's given brands Dry powder inhaler (must be Aclidinium Tudorza Pressair used twice a day)

Dry powder inhaler (medicine Glycopyrrolate Seebri Neohaler, comes in a pill that you put into (glycopyrronium) Lonhala Magnair the inhaler when it is time to take a dose), nebulizer

Long-acting Revefenacin Yupelri Nebulizer anticholinergics Dry powder inhaler (medicine comes in a pill that you put into Spiriva HandiHaler Tiotropium the inhaler when it's time to take a dose)

Spiriva Respimat Soft mist inhaler

Umeclidinium Incruse Ellipta Dry powder inhaler

Beclomethasone QVAR Metered dose inhaler

Pulmicort Flexhaler, Budesonide Dry powder inhaler, nebulizer Pulmicort

Ciclesonide Alvesco Metered dose inhaler

Inhaled steroid Fluticasone furoate Arnuity Ellipta Dry powder inhaler medicines Fluticasone Flovent Diskus, Dry powder inhaler, metered propionate Flovent HFA dose inhaler

Asmanex Dry powder inhaler, metered Mometasone Twisthaler, dose inhaler Asmanex HFA Sample U.S. Medicine Type Generic name How it's given brands

Budesonide and Symbicort Metered dose inhaler formoterol

Steroid and long- Fluticasone and Advair Diskus, Dry powder inhaler, metered dose acting beta salmeterol Advair HFA inhaler agonist combinations Fluticasone and Breo Ellipta Dry powder inhaler vilanterol

Mometasone Dulera Metered dose inhaler and formoterol

Glycopyrrolate Dry powder inhaler (medicine comes in Utibron (glycopyrronium) a pill that you put into the inhaler Neohaler and indacaterol when it is time to take a dose) Anticholinergic and Tiotropium and Stiolto long-acting beta Soft mist inhaler agonist combinations Respimat Umeclidinium Anoro Ellipta Dry powder inhaler and vilanterol

Steroid- Fluticasone anticholinergic-long- furoate, Trelegy Ellipta Dry powder inhaler acting beta agonist umeclidinium, combinations and vilanterol

Roflumilast Roflumilast Daliresp Pill

Source: Ferguson, G., Make, B. Management of refractory chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. UpToDate, Waltham, MA, 2020