What are the medications for pulmonary fibrosis?

If you want to treat pulmonary fibrosis, you first need to clarify the cause of pulmonary fibrosis, such as pulmonary fibrosis secondary to connective tissue disease, can be treated for connective tissue disease, normal application of glucocorticoid treatment, sometimes combined with immunosuppressants, more commonly used cyclophosphamide, after these treatment measures, for connective tissue disease caused by pulmonary fibrosis has certain help. There are also specific types of pulmonary fibrosis that can be treated with corticosteroids, such as nonspecific interstitial pneumonia, which may be effective, but there are some types of pulmonary fibrosis that do not respond to corticosteroids, such as idiopathic pulmonary interstitial fibrosis, which is even harmful with corticosteroids. The prognosis for idiopathic pulmonary interstitial fibrosis is poor and the survival time of patients is often short. For this disease, anti-pulmonary fibrosis drugs such as pirfenidone or nintedanib can be tried, which may be helpful to delay the progression of the disease, but the overall treatment effect is not good.