For COPD a Combination of Ipratropium Bromide and Albuterol Sulfate Is More Effective Than Albuterol Base
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Levalbuterol is not more cost-effective than albuterol for COPD.
In a recent issue of CHEST, Truitt et al (January 2003)1 claimed that their retrospective chart review demonstrated that “levalbuterol afforded clinical and pharmacoeconomic advantages over racemic albuterol” in the treatment of hospitalized patients with COPD and asthma. The primary end point of the study was the total number of nebulizer treatments required. However, the target care path that...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.2.156