title: [What dosage is sufficient in combined inhalation therapy (fenoterol + ipratropium bromide) in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive lung disease?].
abstract: The authors compared in a prospective study the bronchodilatating and undesirable effects of combined inhalation treatment (phenoterol + ipratropium bromide) in the treatment of patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, using different dosages. The patients were divided at random into two groups--group one inhaled berodual sol 3.5 ml/day (i.e. 1.75 mg phenoteroli + 0.875 mg ipratropii bromidium), the second group had a dose of double size. During the trial the authors monitored the peak expiration rate, the heart and respiration rate, blood gases and the subjective state of dyspnoea, using a 10 cm line. By comparison of bronchodilatating and undesirable effects they reached the conclusion that a daily dose of 3.5 ml berodual sol. is sufficiently effective. Increasing the daily dose to 7 ml did not produce a greater therapeutic effect nor increase the risk of undesirable effects.
authors.affiliation: Oddĕlení TRN FN Motol, Praha.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Musil
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vondra
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reisová
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000368:Aged; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005280:Fenoterol / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D009241:Ipratropium / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D005280:Fenoterol; D009241:Ipratropium