Tag: Pulmonary health

While no medication can physically increase the size of healthy lungs, pharmacological treatments can significantly improve functional lung capacity for those with chronic respiratory diseases. Understanding **what drugs are used to increase lung capacity** involves recognizing how different medication classes, such as bronchodilators and anti-inflammatories, work to open airways and reduce inflammation caused by conditions like COPD and asthma.

OFEV (nintedanib), first approved by the FDA in 2014 for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), is an antifibrotic medication that has since gained additional indications. This therapy is designed to slow the progression of various interstitial lung diseases by targeting specific signaling pathways involved in the formation of scar tissue.