A patient newly diagnosed with COPD states, “My health care provider prescribed medications called corticosteroids. He s
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 6:56 am
A patient newly diagnosed with COPD states, “My health care provider prescribed medications called corticosteroids. He said that they come in pill form and as an inhaler. I am used to taking pills and asked for the pill form, but he said the inhaler is better for me. Why is that?” What should the nurse say?