Posted by SLS on October 30, 2005, at 11:15:33
In reply to Beta blockers » SLS, posted by ed_uk on October 30, 2005, at 10:11:11
Hi Ed.
Thanks for your thorough post.
It's great that so many different beta-blockers are available. I had no idea.
My grandmother gets substantial relief from her CHF using carvedilol. It is supposed to have the added property of being an afterload reducer via alpha-1 blockade. It does help her with exertion breathlessness more than the others she's tried.
Do you know which of the ARBs is indicated when there is renal insufficiency? My grandmother can't take losartan because it causes her to become hyperkalemic.
So that this thread doesn't go too far off track, I guess the psychiatric question I have for you is whether or not you have personally seen pindolol used successfully as an augmentor of antidepressants?
Thanks.
- Scott
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