You are working the night shift when a 68-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is admitted through the emergency department

He has been given Combivent® and inhaled corticosteroids. The intern on call asks for your recommendation for additional medication to give the patient. Which of the following would you recommend?
a. Formoterol
b. Levalbuterol
c. Albuterol
d. Theophylline


ANS: D

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