In this retrospective cohort study, patients with COPD who were seen during the 2010 calendar year at family medicine and internal medicine outpatient offices of an academic medical center were ...

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, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bisoprolol use in COPD was deemed “not clinically beneficial” by researchers. In both the bisoprolol group and ...

Non-selective beta-blockers are not recommended because of the higher risk of bronchospasm, especially in the initial phase, although scarce data suggest that carvedilol can be used safely. [15] It is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Studies on the beta-blocker bisoprolol and dupilumab presented at the ATS Conference gained attention from ...

Mark Dransfield, MD (Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care) and colleagues have published their findings on the potential of beta blockers to prevent exacerbations of COPD. The results of ...

A yearly influenza vaccine reduces serious illness and death in COPD patients by nearly 50%. Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine is also recommended for COPD patients aged 65 years and older or those ...

They are pills prescribed to millions in the UK to treat heart conditions and anxiety. But beta blockers may pose a hidden risk to the 7.2 million people living with asthma, an NHS GP has warned.

One way or another, beta blockers are always in the news. Take, for instance, Los Angeles Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh, who revealed in October that he's part of a growing group of Americans who ...