beta blocker
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- noun
- /ˈbeɪtə ˈblɒkər/
- Specialized
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betabloqueante
- The CIBIS III trial suggested that beta-blockers may be able to be initiated before ACE inhibition.
- diuretics or beta blockers
- beta blockers, ACE inhibitors
- beta blockers, calcium
The next class of drugs for high blood pressure is the beta blockers.
- The next class of drugs for high blood pressure is the beta blockers.
- And now beta blockers are given all day every day for heart failure.
- There's pills you can take for anxiety, there are beta blockers, things to slow down your heart.
- Then a week later he replaced my propranol beta blockers with salt empty capsules.
- Again, this happens quite often with beta blockers.
- It started with spitting on my toast, then a week later he replaced my propanol beta blockers with salt empty capsules.
- I know some people have taken beta blockers by taking pills to like get rid of their that that fear.
Examples
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His diabetes was controlled with insulin, and he was also prescribed angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and beta-blockers.
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Up to one-third of people with heart failure who start on beta-blockers will have an exacerbation of their symptoms.
Academic text (2011) -
I wish I could, Bill, but I just switched to a new beta blocker.
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The routine use of a beta-blocker after a heart attack is another NICE recommendation.
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For this reason, beta-blockers should only be initiated in stable heart failure.
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Less than 30 years ago, we were taught that beta-blockers were contraindicated in heart failure.
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I used to take beta blockers, but I didn't like the way they made me feel.
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NICE advises that only beta-blockers specifically licensed for heart failure should be used.
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Bisoprolol, the beta blocker Jed is taking for heart failure, will help to reduce his heart rate.
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The doctor prescribed a beta blocker to help lower my blood pressure.
Synonyms
A medicine that slows the heart and lowers blood pressure
A drug that treats high blood pressure and fast heartbeat by slowing the heart
A drug that lowers heart rate and treats high blood pressure and irregular heartbeats
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The word 'blocker' transparently signals an agent that inhibits something, so learners can guess this is a substance that 'blocks' whatever 'beta' refers to. However, 'beta' here names a technical receptor subtype (beta-adrenergic) and the specific medical effect (lowering blood pressure/heart rate) is domain-specific and not predictable for a B1 learner, making the overall expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Beta blocker The name beta blocker comes from how the medicine works. It 'blocks' special beta switches on heart cells that tell the heart to beat faster, so the blocker makes the heart 'slow down' and blood pressure 'fall'.