Is it safe for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to be on high doses (e.g., 100 mg b.i.d.) of metoprolol (Toprol XL)? — Carmen Booth, ARNP-BC, Hahira, Ga. Patients with COPD ...
SAN DIEGO -- The beta-blocker bisoprolol did not improve exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, a randomized clinical trial found. Exacerbations requiring antibiotics, ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) isn’t contagious. But people with COPD can transmit other infections when they cough. They may also have a greater risk of serious illness from a ...
Medication nonadherence among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with increasing COPD symptoms, hospitalizations, morbidity, mortality, and health care ...