These block the release of renin.
If a person is asthmatic, remember we use the primary beta-1 drug, but it’s not guaranteed that it’s safe. We also talked about the caution with insulin dependent diabetics as it masks the symptoms of hypoglycemia.
Examples:
The great thing is they end in -olol.
- Propranolol (Inderal) – inj., p.o.
- Metoprolol (Lopresor, Toprol XL) – p.o., inj.
- Nadolol (Corgard) – p.o.
- Timolol (Blocadren) – p.o.
- Atenolol (Tenormin) – p.o.
- Pindolol (Visken) – p.o.
- Acebutolol (Sectral) – p.o.
- Labetalol (Normodyne) – inj., p.o.