Posted by yxibow on March 8, 2008, at 2:45:27
In reply to Re: betaxolol vs pindolol? » Racer, posted by Phillipa on March 3, 2008, at 22:18:19
> Not those but because of the thyroid took lopressor 25mg and it wiped me out. It was told to me it was a beta blocker. Phillipa they lower your heart heart hence less anxiety is the way I understand it also can augment an ad. Good luck if you do try one.
Lopressor is metoprolol, which is a pretty powerful cardio-selective beta blocker next to bisoprolol and intravenous agents.
Non-cardio selective (older) beta blockers are used to improve peripheral limbic functions (tremors), lower the heart rate (racing heart from an anxiety situation) and address to a degree all that the autonomic nervous system is putting out in epinephrine (that is its mode of putting a halt on things), except for actually the cause of the anxiety.
Only benzodiazepines, successful trials of SRIs, SSRIs and SSNRIs and atypical neuroleptics, etc actually address it directly.
Betaxolol is also a cardioselective agent and would not be a first line choice for anxiety relief at all. It is firstmost a heart medication.
Propranolol is really the only medication currently prescribed for such psychiatric functions.
Some psychiatric uses are available for pindolol and nadolol but I have no idea if they are at all similar to propranolol's function and relative record of safety.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_blocker#Non-selective_agents
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