Adrenergic Blocking Drugs

Question 1

What drug class is atenolol and metoprolol?

Answer 1

Beta blockers

Question 2

What is the proper way to discontinue beta blockers?

Answer 2

Taper off

Question 3

What do beta blockers do to the blood vessels and what will that cause?

Answer 3

Dilate blood vessel, cause hypotension

Question 4

Why need to be careful when giving beta blockers to diabetic patients?

Answer 4

Because one of the side effects is hyperglycemia

Question 5

What do NSAIDs do to beta blockers?

Answer 5

They decrease 5the effectiveness of beta blockers

Question 6

Drug class of carvedilol and labetalol

Answer 6

Alpha+Beta blocking

Question 7

What is carvedilol used for?

Answer 7

Hypertension and HF to decrease the progress of disease

Question 8

What do carvedilol and labetalol do?

Answer 8

Vasodilation, decrease bp

Question 9

What is clonidine and what does it do?

Answer 9

Centrally acting adrenergic blocking drug, decrease the activity of SNS

Question 10

What is prazosin and what does it do?

Answer 10

Peripherally acting adrenergic blocking drug, inhibit the release of norepinephrine

Question 11

What are centrally and peripherally acting blockers used for?

Answer 11

Cardiac arrhythmia, hypertension, benign prostatic hypertrophy/hyperplasia

Question 12

What can you not use with centrally acting blockers and why?

Answer 12

MAOIs, because they increase the risk of orthostatic hypotension