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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Beta blocker, Adrenergic beta-antagonist, Propranolol, Bisoprolol, Nebivolol, Atenolol, Metoprolol, Carvedilol, Labetalol, Nadolol, Pindolol, Acebutolol, Timolol, ICI-118,551, Esmolol, Betaxolol, Arotinolol, Practolol, Oxprenolol, Carteolol, Alprenolol, SR 59230A, Levobunolol, Bucindolol, Bupranolol, Dichloroisoprenaline, Levobetaxolol, Tertatolol, Celiprolol, Desacetylmetipranolol, Co-tenidone, Adaprolol, Butaxamine, Befunolol, Iodocyanopindolol, Adimolol, Bevantolol, Alprenoxime, Landiolol, Amosulalol, Afurolol, Penbutolol, Ancarolol, Butofilolol, Bopindolol, Pronethalol, Arnolol, Tilisolol, Xipranolol, Xibenolol, Mepindolol, Cloranolol, Epanolol, Tazolol, Talinolol, Dihydroalprenolol, Tenoretic, Medroxalol. Excerpt: Beta blockers (sometimes written as -blockers) or beta-adrenergic blocking agents, beta-adrenergic antagonists, or beta antagonists, are a class of drugs used for various indications, but particularly for the management of cardiac arrhythmias, cardioprotection after myocardial infarction (heart attack), and hypertension. As beta adrenergic receptor antagonists, they diminish the effects of epinephrine (adrenaline) and other stress hormones. In 1958 the first beta blocker, dichloroisoproterenol, was synthesised by Eli Lilly Laboratories, but it was Sir James W. Black in 1962, who found the first clinically significant use of beta blockers with propranolol and pronethalol; it revolutionized the medical management of angina pectoris and is considered by many to be one of the most important contributions to clinical medicine and pharmacology of the 20th century. Beta blockers block the action of endogenous catecholamines (epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) in particular), on -adrenergic receptors, part of the sympathetic nervous system which mediates the "fight or flight" respon...
