PRS3 COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF IPRATROPIUM IN COPD PATIENTS

Tiotropium: a potential replacement for ipratropium in patients with COPD.

Inhaled tiotropium provides a sustained bronchodilator effect over a 24-hour period in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There is some evidence that tiotropium 18 micro g once daily is more efficacious than ipratropium bromide 40 micro g four times daily, for patients with COPD, as measured by improvements in lung function, dyspnea disease-specific quality of life and ...

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Effectiveness of salmeterol versus ipratropium bromide on exertional dyspnoea in COPD.

The hypothesis of the study was that salmeterol and ipratropium would have similar dyspnoea ratings during steady-state cycle ergometry at 1 h, but that salmeterol would reduce dyspnoea at 6 h after administration in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The study design was a randomized, double-blind trial in 16 patients (aged 63 +/- 11 yrs) with symptomatic COPD. Two day...

comparison of salbutamol and ipratropium spray in treatment of copd

this is a clinical trial regarding the comparative effect of two drugs in copd patients. the drugs were salbutamol and ipratropoim bromide that are being used commonly in the treatment of copd. salbotamol is less expensive in iran and more available than ipratropim. we chose 16 patients which were referred to pulmonary clinic in imamhospital, sari. the pulmonary function test was done for each ...

Effects of ipratropium bromide on pulmonary hemodynamics in COPD.