• male
• 65 Years
• 01/04/2021

What is the best medicine for COPD?

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Dr Anshul Maheshwari

General Practitioner

• MBBS
• 5+ Yrs

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short-acting bronchodilator inhalers beta-2 agonist inhalers

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