Brevibloc Ultra-short-acting β₁-selective blocker The beta-blocker to choose when reversibility matters. With a half-life of 9 minutes and the effect…

Emconcor Emconcor CHF Bisoprolol Krka Bisoprolol Teva Highly selective β₁-blocker The most β₁-selective of the routinely used beta-blockers, with documented mortality benefit…

…no AV block, and no clinically significant negative inotropy, making it combinable with beta-blockers. The price of pure vasodilatation is dependent oedema, which is…

…and intravenous diltiazem require a named-patient licence. Verapamil or a beta-blocker is therefore the practical first choice for rate control in this setting.

…ten minutes through hepatic glycogenolysis. In beta-blocker intoxication, glucagon is instead an inotrope that bypasses the blocked beta receptor, and the doses are five…

…unsuitable as first-line treatment in hypertensive crisis — but useful in pre-eclampsia and as afterload relief in combination with a nitrate and beta-blocker.

Kåvepenin Tikacillin Fenoximetylpenicillin EQL Pharma Narrow-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic The first-choice oral penicillin for the most common respiratory and skin infections in outpatient…

…staphylococcal penicillin The beta-lactamase-stable penicillin and accordingly the first-line choice for skin and soft tissue infections where Staphylococcus aureus is the likely…

Doxyferm Doxycyklin EQL Pharma Vibranord Broad-spectrum tetracycline The tetracycline that covers both respiratory pathogens and the intracellular organisms that beta-lactams miss — Mycoplasma pneumoniae…

…potassium by a tenth of a millimole. Insulin-glucose, beta-agonists, and dialysis must be started in parallel, otherwise the arrhythmia risk returns when the…

…that increases renal perfusion while blood pressure falls. A selective D1 agonist without alpha or beta effects, with onset within minutes and duration under one…

…blood pressure, or conduction — it inhibits the funny current (If) that drives spontaneous depolarisation of the sinus node and does nothing else. It therefore works…