Effect of tiotropium bromide inhalation combined with formoterol inhalation on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Objective To study the effect and safety of tiotropium bromide inhalation combined with formoterol inhalation on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD).Methods46 COPD patients were randomly divided into 2 groups.Treatment group was treated with tiotropium bromide + formoterol;control group was treated with formoterol.The course was 4 weeks.The symptoms and lung function were observed before and after treatment.ResultsThere were significant differences in the symptoms and FEV1 between 2 groups(P0.05).No significant adverse reaction was found.ConclusionThe therapeutic effect of tiotropium bromide inhalation and formoterol inhalation on COPD is better than that of tiotropium.