What drug would the nurse administer to treat a patient diagnosed with bronchospasm associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?
A) Atropine
B) Flavoxate
C) Glycopyrrolate
D) Ipratropium
D
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Ipratropium is indicated for the treatment of bronchospasm associated with COPD. Atropine is indicated for use to decrease secretions, bradycardia, pylorospasm, ureteral colic, relaxing of bladder, emotional liability with head injuries, antidote for cholinergic drugs, and pupil dilation. Flavoxate is used for the symptomatic relief of dysuria, urgency, nocturia, suprapubic pain, frequency, and incontinence associated with cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis, urethrocystitis, and urethrotrigonitis. Glycopyrrolate is indicated to decrease secretions before anesthesia or intubation, used orally as an adjunct for treatment of ulcers, to protect the patient from the peripheral effects of cholinergic drugs and to reverse neuromuscular blockade
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