Posted by bowtie bob on October 30, 2005, at 11:24:57
In reply to Re: Beta blockers » ed_uk, posted by SLS on October 30, 2005, at 11:15:33
> Hi Ed.
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> Thanks for your thorough post.
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> It's great that so many different beta-blockers are available. I had no idea.
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> My grandmother gets substantial relief from her CHF using carvedilol. It is supposed to have the added property of being an afterload reducer via alpha-1 blockade. It does help her with exertion breathlessness more than the others she's tried.
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> Do you know which of the ARBs is indicated when there is renal insufficiency? My grandmother can't take losartan because it causes her to become hyperkalemic.
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> So that this thread doesn't go too far off track, I guess the psychiatric question I have for you is whether or not you have personally seen pindolol used successfully as an augmentor of antidepressants?
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> Thanks.
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> - ScottHey Scott. Here is an ARB that, apparently, can be used in people with renal insuffiency. Hyperkalemia seems to be more prevalent with ACE Inhibitors.
http://www.pharma.us.novartis.com/product/pi/pdf/diovan_hct.pdf
BTB
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