 [ Symptoms ] does using an elliptical machine at the gym burn more calories than running on the street or bike riding [ Disease ] most helpful answer my experience in care of copd patients included use of steroids to decrease inflammation antibiotics to treat infection and nebulizer treatments to improve oxygen levels assuming there are no drug allergies to those medications my instinctive answer would be that the treatment for copd would not have had adverse effects on breathing i see several of the same patients over and over again because their condition can worsen with weather changes most of them are in their late 60 is 70 is and 80 is and have other chronic health conditions as well i would not want to make this response a concrete yes as an answer without fully investigating past medical history and so on this is a general response only