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Measuring effectiveness of bronco-dialater? Return to previous page 4/23/2016 3644 Views 1 Answer Last Activity: 3 months ago, Anonymous Tags: spriiva testing Treatment Question: 0 seito 6 years ago I Care Report Comment Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Answers: Edit Remove Accept Unaccept Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Save Cancel Measuring effectiveness of bronco-dialater? seito 6 years ago Add an Answer Answers Answer View More Save Cancel Tags: Subscribe: Subscribe: Your question has been submitted and is awaiting moderation. It is low-quality It is spam It does not belong here Other (enter below) Thank you for reporting this content, moderators have been notified of your submission. Close Anonymous Unfriend Friend Requested Friend Load More Close Destination Page Area Group Destination Content Title Title Article Type Copy comments Hi! My father was just diagnosed with COPD. His GP gave him some medications to try (Spiriva Respimat). As of now his symptoms are pretty mild (he says there are no problems, but I definitely hear wheezing when he does anything to get his heart going), so I'm wondering how we can gauge how effective the drug is? I have looked at possibly purchasing a spirometer, or pulse oximeter, to measure but am not sure if that is the best way to go about it? Any advice is very welcome. Thanks!
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