Short-term effects of menthol on walking dyspnoea in patients with COPD: a randomised, single blinded, cross-over study

ERJ Open Res. 2021 Oct 25;7(4):00450-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00450-2021. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Abstract

Chewing menthol gum prior to exercise is a safe, easy-to-implement, low-cost, non-pharmacologic intervention that provides a reduction in dyspnoea in a third of patients and decreases the perception of discomfort during exercise in two-thirds of patients https://bit.ly/3FoFHp1.