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Preparations and Dosages:<br />

The Oral Beta Blockers<br />

Atenolol (Tenormin) 25–100 mg PO QD<br />

Betaxolol (Kerlone) 5–20 mg PO QD<br />

Bisoprolol (Zebeta) 2.5–10 mg PO QD<br />

Metoprolol (Lopressor) 50–100 mg PO QD/BID<br />

Metoprolol extended release (Toprol XL) 50–100 mg PO QD<br />

Nadolol (Corgard) 40–120 mg PO QD<br />

Nebivolol (Bystolic) QD<br />

Propranolol (Inderal) 40–160 mg PO BID<br />

Propranolol long-acting (Inderal LA) 60–180 mg PO QD<br />

Timolol (Blocadren) 20–40 mg PO BID<br />

Beta Blockers with Intrinsic Sympathomimetic Activity<br />

Acebutolol (Sectral) 200–800 mg PO BID<br />

Penbutolol (Levatol) 10–40 mg PO QD<br />

Pindolol (generic) 10–40 mg PO BID<br />

Calcium Antagonists<br />

Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) were first developed in the 1960s and brought into routine<br />

clinical practice in the 1980s. They are widely used for the treatment <strong>of</strong> <strong>hypertension</strong>, angina, and<br />

cardiac arrhythmias. Numerous studies conducted since the 1980s, including the VA Cooperative<br />

Study 6 , the Treatment Of Mild Hypertension Study (TOMHS) 7 , and the German HANE 8 study have<br />

demonstrated the CCBs to be equivalent or superior in controlling BP than other agents, including<br />

diuretics, ACE inhibitors and beta blockers . Furthermore, a recent meta-analysis <strong>of</strong> more than 150,000<br />

patients in 29 trials comparing different categories <strong>of</strong> antihypertensive drugs found that CCB-based<br />

therapy was superior to placebo in preventing stroke and coronary heart disease, though inferior<br />

to diuretic, blocker therapy and ACE inhibitor therapy in preventing heart failure. 9 Such findings<br />

are consistent with the findings <strong>of</strong> the ALLHAT trial that found amlodipine to be as effective as the<br />

compared diuretic (chlorthalidone) in preventing all CVD outcomes except for heart failure. 10 The<br />

CCBs are effective and generally well tolerated, and their long duration <strong>of</strong> action and favorable adverse<br />

effect pr<strong>of</strong>ile make them widely prescribed antihypertensive agents. They seem to be effective as initial<br />

therapy or monotherapy for BP treatment and combine very effectively with RAS blockers for lowering<br />

BP and reducing CVD. Calcium antagonists are therefore very important antihypertensive drugs in the<br />

treatment <strong>of</strong> <strong>hypertension</strong>. Calcium antagonists, unlike many other antihypertensive agents, maintain<br />

their BP lowering efficacy in high or ad-lib dietary sodium environments and also experience minimal<br />

190 Hypertension Core Curriculum

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