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Blocadren

 [blok´ah-dren]
trademark for a preparation of timolol maleate, a beta-adrenergic blocking agent used as an antihypertensive agent and in treatment of myocardial infarction and migraine.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

Blocadren

(blō′kə-drĕn′)
A trademark for the drug timolol maleate.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Blocadren®

Timolol, see there.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Blocadren

A brand name for TIMOLOL.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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The beta blockers--propranolol (Inderal), metoprolol (Lopressor), nadolol (Corgard), timolol (Blocadren), atenolol (Tenormin), pindolol (Visken), or acebutolol (Sectral)--may cause insomnia, cold hands and feet, tiredness or depression, a slow heartbeat or may bring on symptoms of asthma.
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Propranolol hydrochloride (Betachron E-R, Inderal), timolol maleate (Blocadren), and nadolol (Corgard), all of which lack intrinsic sympathomimetic activity, are recognized as effective migraine prophylactic agents.
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Those products, and their Merck counterparts, are: methyldopa (Aldomet), methyldopa and hydrochlorothiazide (Aldoril), timolol maleate (Blocadren), chlorothiazide (Diuril), and amiloride HC1 and hydrochlorothiazide (Moduretic), all for treating high blood pressure; sulindac (Clinoril) and indomethacin (Indocin), both for treating arthritis; and cyclobenzaprine HC1 (Flexeril), for treating muscle spasms.
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Aldomet, Sytensin, Tenex, Catapres, Ismelin, Hylorel, reserpine, Inderal, Corgard, Tenormin, Blocadren, Lopressor, Visken, Normodyne/Trandate, Sectral, Levatol, Cartrol, Isoptin/Calan/Verelan, Kerlone
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Merck Frosst scientists have three times beaten the odds and discovered drugs now being used as therapies: Flexerd, a muscle relaxant, Blocadren, for heart disease, and Timoptic, for glaucoma.
The Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research expands: a legacy for basic research in Canada

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