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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
Labetalol, an agent with both alpha- and beta-adrenoreceptor blocking properties, and the beta blocker propranolol were each given for one month to groups of 15 patients with essential hypertension. With either treatment, 11 of the 15 patients experienced decreased supine diastolic blood pressure to less than 90 mm Hg without evidence of fluid retention. Propranolol significantly increased plasma concentrations of uric acid and potassium, whereas labetalol significantly increased plasma concentration of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and decreased the total cholesterol:HDL ratio; neither drug significantly changed renal function. During three additional months of labetalol treatment, there was a slight tendency to orthostatic decreases in systolic blood pressure as compared with the values after the initial month. Labetalol had variable effects on plasma renin activity and aldosterone excretion, but within individual patients the values were constant; there were close correlations between changes measured after one month and after four months for both renin (r = 0.86) and aldosterone (r = 0.94). The manifestations of labetalol's alpha-blocking component appeared to be a small postural effect on systolic blood pressure and an increase in plasma HDL.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0091-2700
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
103-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Adrenergic beta-Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Aldosterone, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Drug Therapy, Combination, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Ethanolamines, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Hypertension, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Isometric Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Labetalol, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Lipids, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Male, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Propranolol, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Renin, pubmed-meshheading:6143765-Time Factors
pubmed:articleTitle
The combined alpha- and beta-adrenergic blocker labetalol and propranolol in the treatment of high blood pressure: similarities and differences.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study