Posted by sdb on February 5, 2006, at 19:00:02
In reply to Re: how about lopressor? » krybrahaha78, posted by ed_uk on February 5, 2006, at 16:52:38
-lopressor is more or less beta1 selective
-lopressor blocks more exercise induced tachycardia but not catecholamine (adrenaline) induced tachycardia
-because lopressor does cross the blood-brain barrier there are more unpleasant sideeffects.
-propranolol and nadolol are much more effective against catecholamines.
-nadolol works for 24 hours and has almost no sideeffects, it is not cardiodepressant and does not "go in brain" because its hydrophil
-nadolol does not lower bloodpressure very effectively maybe this is an advantage (compared e.g. to carvedilol)
-oxprenolol retard (minor ISA) would be an effective alternative.~sdb
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