Friday, 25 May 2012

Emedinews:Makesure:A hypertensive patient on atenolol developed erectile dysfunction (ED). Atenolol was stopped.


Situation: A hypertensive patient on atenolol developed erectile dysfunction (ED). Atenolol was stopped.
Reaction: Oh my God! Why did you stop the beta-blocker? You should have just switched over to nebivolol.
Lesson: Make Sure that nebivolol is used as the beta–blocker of choice in a hypertensive patient with ED (Source: Asian J Androl 2006;8(2):177–82).

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