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Post by gerald on Mar 4, 2019 13:39:38 GMT -5
This is a fairly detail study and the full study is available through the link at the bottom.
I copied in the paragraph that caused me some concern and identified problems I had with Beta Blockers.
While Heart Failure may be a common comorbidity with COPD they have not worked all the kinks out of the medications yet
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Beta-blocker Use in Moderate and Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
4. RESULTS
In the GOLD II group, 24 patients who were on ver-apamil and digoxin therapy and 15 patients were on se-lective beta-blocker therapy (8 patients were on metop-rolol, 6 patients were on bisoprolol and 1 patient was on nebivolol) were monitored. In the GOLD III group, 20 patients who were on verapamil and digoxin therapy and 9 patients who were on selective beta-blocker therapy (3 patients were on metoprolol, 6 patients were on bisopr-olol) were monitored. Regardless of the pharmacologi-cal treatment, there is a statistically significant increase in the number of exacerbations in patients diagnosed with the COPD, during a 12-month period follow-up, in the GOLD III group (severe) compared to the GOLD II group (moderate) (1. for the patients taking verapamil and digoxin, a two-tailed t-test was used to analyze the results between the GOLD II and GOLD III groups, p = 0.01, and 2. for the patients taking beta-blockers, a two-tailed t-test was also used to analyze the results between the GOLD II and GOLD III groups, p = 0.003.
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