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Beta-Blockers: Beneficial For Older Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

January 26, 2012

When I was in medical school in the early 1990’s, one of the principles that I learned was to never prescribe beta-blockers to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We knew that stimulation of beta-2 receptors caused bronchodilation and…

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Beta-Blockers: Beneficial For Older Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease?

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