title: The effects of almitrine at rest and on exercise in COPD patients.
abstract: Almitrine has significantly improved blood gases in patients with COPD without changing the pulmonary function either at rest or on exercise. Proceeding from these preliminary results we are about to start a long term study in our country. In the course of this we hope to clear up various problems, first of all the distinction between responders and non-responders should be made in order to clarify the indications for almitrine. If it would be possible to prove this effect in long term therapy, the benefits for the patients must be the same as for long term oxygen therapy.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015765:Almitrine; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D005082:Physical Exertion; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D010879:Piperazines; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D015765:Almitrine; D010100:Oxygen