Pharmacological Blog

1. Actions: Labetalol [lah-BET-a-lole] and carvedilol [CAR-ve-dil-ol] are reversible β-blockers with concurrent α1-blocking actions that...

Antagonists with partial agonist activity  1. Action:  a. Cardiovascular:  Acebutolol and pindolol [PIN-doe-lole] are not pure...

Selective β1 antagonists Drugs that preferentially block the β1 receptors have been developed to eliminate the unwanted bronchoconstrictor...

A nonselective β antagonist Propranolol [proe-PRAN-oh-lole] is the prototype β-adrenergic antagonist and blocks both β1 and β2 receptors. ...

Yohimbine [yo-HIM-bean] is a selective competitive α2 blocker. It is found as a component of the bark of the yohimbe tree and is sometimes...