Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD Propranolol and metoprolol are both beta-blockers, which are a class of drugs taken ...

Often used as a hypertension treatment drug, beta blockers may also be prescribed in cases of coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, and more, according to StatPearls.

Class I antiarrhythmic drugs possess this characteristic as well. The importance of this is not clear in clinical medicine in regards to beta-blockers. Perhaps this is partially an explanation for ...

A new study from Yeshiva University has revealed a surprising finding—some widely used medications for high blood pressure ...

A new study from the University of Bologna has raised concerns about a common blood pressure medication called beta-blockers.

β-1 and β-2 adrenoceptor polymorphisms: functional importance, impact on cardiovascular diseases and drug responses. Pharmacol. Ther. 117(1), 1–29 (2008). Shin J, Johnson JA. β-blocker ...

It’s also important to consider the interaction a beta blocker may have with another drug you’re taking; for example, if you’re taking beta blockers for anxiety alongside another blood ...

finds the results exciting due to how accessible beta blockers already are. “This is not some fancy gene therapy drug,” she said. “It’s a drug that we already know and is already prescribed to ...

There have also been inconsistencies in results from studies looking at the effects of drugs that block beta-adrenergic receptors (beta blockers). For instance, in 2008, a mutation in G-protein ...