Combination therapy for airflow limitation in COPD
Journal Title: DARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Year 2012, Vol 20, Issue 0
Abstract
Background and the purpose of the study Existing evidence confirms that no pharmacologic agent ameliorates the decline in the lung function or changes the prognosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We tried a critical combination therapy for management of COPD. Methods Current or past smoker (passive or active) COPD patients with moderate to severe COPD who did not respond to primitive therapy (i.e., oral prednisolone (50 mg in the morning) for 5 days; with Beclomethasone Fort (3 puff q12h, totally 1500 micrograms/day), Salmeterol (2 puffs q12h, 50 micrograms/puff) and ipratropium bromide (4 puffs q8h) for two months, enrolled to study. Furthermore they were received N-Acetylcysteine (1200 mg/daily), Azithromycin (tablet 250 mg/every other day) and Theophylline (100 mg BD).Results The study group consisted of 44 men and 4 women, with a mean age and standard deviation of 63.6+/-12.7 years (range 22-86 years). Thirteen of 48 patients (27.0%) was responder based on 15% increasing in FEV 1 (27.7+/-7.9) after 6.7+/-6.1 months (57.9+/-12.9 year old). There were statistically significant differences in age and smoking between responders and nonresponders (P value was 0.05 and 0.04 respectively). There was no difference in emphysema and air trapping between two groups (p=0.13).Conclusion Interestingly considerable proportion of patients with COPD can be reversible using combination drug therapy and patients will greatly benefit from different and synergic action of the drugs. The treatment was more effective in younger patients who smoke less.
Authors and Affiliations
Mostafa Ghanei, Leila Hoseini Nezhad, Ali Amini Harandi, Farshid Alaeddini , Majid Shohrati, Jafar Aslani
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