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Quantitative assessment of bronchial beta‐adrenoceptor blockade in man.
Author(s) -
Gribbin HR,
Baldwin CJ,
Tattersfield AE
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.216
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1365-2125
pISSN - 0306-5251
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1979.tb04641.x
Subject(s) - practolol , salbutamol , propranolol , blockade , asthma , medicine , anesthesia , beta (programming language) , pharmacology , pindolol , chemistry , receptor , computer science , programming language
1. We describe a method for assessing bronchial beta‐adrenoceptor blockade quantitatively in man. Specific airway conductance is measured after increasing doses of inhaled salbutamol and the extent to which the dose‐response curve is displaced to the right after beta‐ adrenoceptor blocking drugs is used to assess bronchial beta‐ adrenoceptor blockade. 2. Salbutamol dose‐response curves were plotted for six normal subjects by measuring sGaw 15 min after increasing doses of inhaled salbutamol. Salbutamol produced a 30‐70% increase in sGaw. 3. Salbutamol dose response curves were obtained 2 h after oral practolol (100 mg and 200 mg) and oral propranolol (40 mg and 80 mg) on separate days and were displaced to the right. 4. The mean dose ratios for practolol 100 mg and 200 mg were 1.2 and 2.1 and for propranolol 40 mg and 80 mg they were 21 and 61 respectively.