• Vasodilation (aterioles)
• Used to treat:
  • Hypertension
  • Relieve Migraines (dilating arteries to brain)
  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia - (improve urine flow)
  • Control Postpartum Bleeding (oxytocin)

• Used to Treat:
  • Hypertension
  • Prevent Angina
  • Abnormal Heart Rythms (dysrhythmias)
  • Prevent Migraine
  • Stage Fright
  • Heart Failure

METOPTOLOL / LOPRESSOR

PROPRANOLOL / INDERAL

Classification: Non-Selective Beta Blocker (B1 & B2), Antianginal, Antiarrhythmics (Class II), Antihypertensives, Vascular Headache Suppressants
Purpose: Decreased Heart Rate and Blood Pressure, Suppression of Arrhythmias, Prevention of MI
Indication: Hypertension, Angina Pectoris, MI, Dysrrhythmias
Adverse: (Primarily Extensions of Pharm Effect) Fatigue, Weakness, Arrhythmias, Bradycardia, CHF, PUlmonary Edema (most are mild and will get better in time), Insomnia, Mental Changes, Nausea, Diarrhea, Heart Block, Narrowed Airways (make asthma worse)

Acute Withdrawal Can Cause:
-Make Angina Worse
-Precipitate an Acute MI
-Signs of Hypoglycemia (dizzy, headache, jittery, anxious)