[Abstract Only] Randomized Trial: Metoprolol Not Effective for the Prevention of Acute Exacerbations of COPD

Metoprolol for the Prevention of Acute Exacerbations of COPD – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

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In this randomized trial involving patients with moderate or severe #COPD, treatment with the beta-blocker metoprolol did not result in a shorter time until the first COPD exacerbation than placebo. #CHEST2019 https://t.co/akOWGd7TLK

— NEJM (@NEJM) October 20, 2019