Beta-blockers


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Beta-blockers

A class of medication used to block the cellular response to chemicals normally present in the body.
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In addition, beta-blockers have been shown to slow the progression of heart failure, improve its severity and reduce the risk of arrhythmias.
Why Beta Blockers Are a First Choice for Treating Heart Failure: These common drugs make patients feel better and live longer
Those who were taking nonselective beta-blockers after surgery had a median survival of 40 months, about two-thirds longer than patients taking selective beta-blockers or neither type of beta-blocker..
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Higginbotham, "Primary drug treatment for glaucoma: beta-blockers versus other medications," Survey of Ophthalmology, vol.
Efficacy and Tolerability of Travoprost 0.004%/Timolol 0.5% Fixed-Dose Combination for the Treatment of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension Inadequately Controlled with Beta-Blocker Monotherapy
Patients who used beta-blockers had higher SBP and DBP and more acceptable MAP values compared with patients who did not use beta-blockers.
Increased heart rate on first day in Intensive Care Unit is associated with increased mortality
Another 2013 meta-analysis of 8 RCTs with 4563 adult patients 18 years or older with systolic heart failure compared carvedilol with the beta-l-selective beta-blockers atenolol, bisoprolol, nebivolol, and metoprolol.
Q: What is the best beta-blocker for systolic heart failure?
Abundant evidence indicates that beta-blockers provide less protection against stroke, MI, and overall mortality than other classes of antihypertensive agents.
Beta-blockers lose luster for hypertension therapy
Beta-blockers are used to treat migraine as they counteract the effects of noradrenalin on blood vessels in the head.
HOW DOES THIS DRUG WORK? Beta-blocker
During five years of follow-up, beta-blockers were prescribed to 915 patients, diuretics to 1 316, statins to 1 353 and calcium channel blockers to 1 171.
Diuretics, beta-blockers and statins and new-onset type 2 diabetes
Beta-blockers reduce the heart rate and decrease AI, which reduces their efficacy in reducing the central blood pressure as compared to other antihypertensive agents [20].
Beta-blockers in the management of hypertension and/or chronic kidney disease
A spokeswoman for the UK Anti-Doping Agency said: "By removing from the Prohibited List, WADA and CMSB have indicated that they do not view beta-blockers as substances that will enhance the performance of a bowls player.
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The study also looked at the relationship between brain lesions at autopsy with beta-blocker treatment compared with other antihypertensive drugs, according to Dr.
Blood pressure drugs may lower Alzheimer's risk

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