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Beta-Blockers

Beta-blockers lower heart rate and blood pressure and reduce the workload on the heart. Beta-blockers are often used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), coronary artery disease, and heart failure.

Examples of beta-blocking medicines include:

  • Atenolol (Tenormin).
  • Carvedilol (Coreg).
  • Propranolol (such as Inderal).
By Healthwise Staff
Primary Medical Reviewer E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology
Last Revised November 19, 2010

Last Revised: November 19, 2010

Author: Healthwise Staff

Medical Review: E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine & Stephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional Cardiology

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