Which drugs are indicated for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) according to the recent FDA drug approvals chapter?

Key points

• Aclidinium and aclidinium/formoterol are used for COPD.
• Albuterol and arformoterol are bronchodilators indicated for COPD.
• Fluticasone and fluticasone/salmeterol are corticosteroids for COPD management.
• Formoterol and indacaterol are long-acting bronchodilators for COPD.
• Ipratropium is an anticholinergic used in COPD treatment.
• Roflumilast is a phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor for COPD.
• Tiotropium is a long-acting anticholinergic indicated for COPD.