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This forum is for questions and support regarding lung and respiratory issues such as: Allergies, Asthma, Bronchitis, Colds - Flu, Chronic Cough, COPD, Cystic Fibrosis, Emphysema, Fibrosis, Lung Abscess, Nasal Polyps, Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Sarcoidosis, Sinusitis, Tuberculosis.

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bronchodilator

by lucked, Jan 21, 2007 12:00AM

Tags: bronchodilator, respiratory, airways, Cancer, cough, lung, spasm, symptom, Lung Cancer

do bronchodilator drugs help open up your lungs in lung cancer do most lung cancer cause a cough

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by National Jewish

, Jan 23, 2007 12:00AM

Coughing is a very common symptom of lung cancer. Only if your airways go into spasm, for any of a variety of reasons, will a bronchodilator inhaler open the airways by relieving the muscle spasm.

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