Carvedilol is a -adrenoreceptor–antagonist drug with 1-adrenoreceptor–antagonistactivity. It was approved in the United States in September1995 for the treatment of patients with essential hypertensionand in May 1997, on the basis of the results of several clinicaltrials,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 became the first adrenoreceptor-blockingdrug to receive approval for the treatment of symptomatic heartfailure.
Pharmacodynamic and Pharmacokinetic Properties
Carvedilol is a racemic lipophilic aryloxypropanolamine (Figure 1)that causes both precapillary vasodilatation by means of1-adrenoreceptor blockade and nonselective -adrenoreceptor blockadeand is devoid of intrinsic sympathomimetic activity.9 Its membrane-stabilizingactivity is less than that of propranolol. Milligram for milligram,carvedilol is . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Clinical Effectiveness
Congestive Heart Failure
Hypertension
Ischemic Heart Disease
Clinical Use in Heart Failure
Side Effects
Conclusions
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From the Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, New York Medical College, Valhalla.
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1-adrenoreceptor–antagonist activity. It was approved in the United States in September 1995 for the treatment of patients with essential hypertension and in May 1997, on the basis of the results of several clinical trials,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 became the first adrenoreceptor-blocking drug to receive approval for the treatment of symptomatic heart failure. 
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