title: [Long-term drug therapy in chronic obstructive lung diseases].
abstract: The actual strategies of long-term treatment of COLD are reviewed. Drugs are the main component of long-term therapy. Based on the knowledge of essential mechanisms of the pathogenesis of COLD, especially in bronchial asthma, the principles of the therapy are described. Until now, this treatment is only symptomatical.
mesh_terms: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents
vernacular_title: Die mediakamentöse Langzeittherapie bei chronisch obstruktiven Lungenkrankheiten.