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. 1982 Sep;37(9):667–670. doi: 10.1136/thx.37.9.667

Effects of ipratropium bromide and fenoterol aerosols in pulmonary emphysema.

J A Hughes, M J Tobin, D Bellamy, D C Hutchison
PMCID: PMC459403  PMID: 6218647

Abstract

In patients with radiological evidence of pulmonary emphysema the bronchodilator drugs fenoterol and ipratropium bromide produced a considerable increase in vital capacity and reduction in residual volume. The response to fenoterol was virtually complete 15 minutes after administration, but after ipratropium bromide vital capacity was still increasing at 60 minutes. The change in vital capacity was slightly greater with a combination of the two drugs than with either used alone. Changes in FEV1 and peak flow rate were small.

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