A major trial finds the beta blocker bisoprolol neither improves nor worsens outcomes in people with COPD, despite the cardiovascular risk.

The question of whether to alter beta-blocker therapy in patients with asthma has been reviewed extensively in the medical literature. [1,2,3,4,5] Cardioselective (beta-1) beta-blockers are ...

One way or another, beta blockers are always in the news. Take, for instance, Los Angeles Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh, who revealed in October that he's part of a growing group of Americans who ...

In The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Christine R Jenkins and colleagues present the results of the Bisoprolol to Prevent Adverse Cardiac Events (PACE) study in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Presenter: Andrew J S Coats, DM, University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia) First results of the Study of the Effects of Nebivolol Intervention on OUtcomes and Rehospitalisation in Seniors with heart ...

Is it safe for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to be on high doses (e.g., 100 mg b.i.d.) of metoprolol (Toprol XL)? — Carmen Booth, ARNP-BC, Hahira, Ga. Patients with COPD ...