Contrarian Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Right ... My SP at the time was a Interventional Cardiologist and a National Speaker for Coreg AND Toprol XL... and it was when we first started rxing Beta Blockers for HF. Because prior to this, it was absolutely contraindicated. So in the previous post... the potential problem here is that you could put a patient on the Wally World "Tartrate" to save money and convince them that its the same as the "succinate." As long as there is NO problem coooooooooool... Thing is... if there IS a problem and it is ANY one of the problems in Heart Failure that the "tartrate" (and other beta blockers... which have been contraindicted in HF for eons) is known to cause... it won't be pretty...!!! Cause its the "Succinate" that has the data. But again... I've been plenty wrong before and maybe getting paranoid in my advancing age.:saddd: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lov2xlr8 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Not sure if it was mentioned (I skimmed), but I see it occasionally used for GIB ppx for varices, along with propranalol, never have researched effectiveness of one vs other, I think they're both cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lov2xlr8 Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 http://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00003495-198900372-00007?no-access=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbellin Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Nobodies mentioned that metoprolol tart. and carvedilol while cheap are also bid verses qd atenolol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbrsmurf Posted March 14, 2013 Author Share Posted March 14, 2013 So are there any good studies that show benefit of using atenolol in HF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradtPA Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 So are there any good studies that show benefit of using atenolol in HF? None, that's why the FDA only approved the three that have the data listed above.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradtPA Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Nobodies mentioned that metoprolol tart. and carvedilol while cheap are also bid verses qd atenolol. with a half-life of 6 to 7 hours, I dare say once daily dosing of atenolol is not effective all day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinntsp Posted March 14, 2013 Share Posted March 14, 2013 Why is hypertensive urgency treated with beta blockers? I dont understand the reasoning? IV labetalol = a decrease in cardiac contractility, decrease in HR, decrease in TPR = lower BP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leona Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Imo, it is still helpful in treating angina and hypertension. but of course, with caution. I have aquestion though.. I am using Flora products for my cholesterol. Is it safe to take it with Atenolol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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