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I'm taking spiriva for my bronchiectasis. it's beginning to work. will i have to take it for the rest of my life?
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Likely yes: Spiriva is anticholinergic drug which is , very useful in COPD esp chr. Bronchitis.In bronchiectasis it might work.
Answered 9/10/2014
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