How Is Pulmonary Fibrosis Treated?
Knowing the cause of a patient’s PF is very important for developing
an effective treatment plan. There are medicines that may be effective
or at least partially effective treatments for IPF or other disorders that
scar the lungs. Generally, treatments do one of two things: they either
reduce the symptoms or they slow down progression of the disease.
Treatments are not yet available that can reverse or even stop scarring
of the lungs in patients with IPF. Much research is being done to find
new medications that are effective for lung conditions, such as IPF or
other types of PF in which scarring can’t be stopped with currently
available therapies.
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