Is it safe to prescribe benzodiazepines or opioids for dyspnoea in interstitial lung disease?

Lydia J. Finney

Source: Breathe, 15 (2) 137; 10.1183/20734735.0015-2019
Journal Issue: June
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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