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Spiriva HandiHaler ( ty-OH-tro-pee-um) is a medicine used to treat bronchospasm (wheezing or difficulty in breathing) that is associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a long-term lung disease. It is also called COPD. COPD also includes breathing problems like chronic bronchitis (swelling of the airways or tubes leading to the lungs) and emphysema (damage to the air sacs in the lungs). Spiriva HandiHaler is a bronchodilator. A bronchodilator is a medicine that opens up narrowed breathing passages. It is taken by inhalation (an inhaler) to help decrease coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and troubled breathing by increasing the flow of air into the lungs Spiriva HandiHaler is available only with your doctor's prescription, in the following dosage forms: Inhalation Capsule for inhalation (U.S. and Canada)
Brand names: - Spiriva - Spiriva HandiHaler - Tiotropium |