The assessment of the beta-blocking activity of urapidil: A new method

M. J. Jamieson; S. H.D. Jackson; S. S. Patel; A. M.M. Shepherd; H. Galbraith; W. Stewart; P. H. Flanagan

doi:10.1007/BF00606651

The assessment of the beta-blocking activity of urapidil: A new method

M. J. Jamieson, S. H.D. Jackson, S. S. Patel, A. M.M. Shepherd, H. Galbraith, W. Stewart, P. H. Flanagan

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Abstract

Urapidil is an antihypertensive vasodilator agent whose pharmacological action in man has not yet been fully defined. We have assessed the beta blocking activity of urapidil 15 mg and 30 mg i.v. in a single blind study of 10 healthy male volunteers. Urapidil at plasma concentrations in the same range as those shown to have antihypertensive affect did not significantly attenuate the chronotropic effect of isoproterenol. Propranolol 5 mg iv, the positive control, significantly shifted the isoproterenol dose-response curve to the right. We describe a new method of analyzing incomplete dose response curves whereby a linear terminal segment can be reproducibly defined.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	149-154
Number of pages	6
Journal	European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Volume	31
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00606651
State	Published - Mar 1986

Keywords

urapidil
volunteers isoproterenol dose response analysis

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Pharmacology
Pharmacology (medical)

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