Beta Blockers for Hypertension

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.