Safety and tolerability of inhalational anticholinergics in COPD

Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-55

  Sharafkhaneh, Amir ^a,b   Majid, Hashir ^c   Gross, Nicholas J ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aclidinium; Arrhythmia; Cardiovascular side effects; Stroke; Tiotropium

Indexed keywords

ACLIDINIUM BROMIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; OXITROPIUM BROMIDE; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANGINA PECTORIS; BLURRED VISION; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATARACT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSGEUSIA; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; EDEMA; EPISTAXIS; EXERCISE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LARYNGITIS; MEAN RESIDENCE TIME; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PHARYNGITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; RHINITIS; RHINORRHEA; SINUSITIS; SORE THROAT; STOMATITIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THROAT IRRITATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE RETENTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84875028901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DHPS.S7771     Document Type: Review

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