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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drug, such as propanolol, that counteracts the excitatory effects of norepinephrine released from sympathetic nerve endings at beta-receptors by chemically blocking those receptors, used primarily to treat angina, hypertension, arrhythmia, and migraine.
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Examples
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I would be trying a new beta-blocker called nadolol and adding a tricyclic antidepressant called nortriptyline.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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This beta-blocker had kicked the headache out of my head and out of my mind, too.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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This beta-blocker had kicked the headache out of my head and out of my mind, too.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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The beta-blocker had a bitter taste, so I tried to float it on top of the water, never allowing it to touch my tongue, but sometimes I choked and sucked on the nasty medication anyway.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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Then I moved on to my prescription medications, swallowing my antidepressant and my beta-blocker together because they were both round tablets.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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"Increase of 1-year mortality after perioperative beta-blocker withdrawal in endovascular and vascular surgery patients."
Leo Galland, M.D.: Surviving The Super Bowl M.D. Leo Galland 2011
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Caveat: The number of adverse heart-rate responses may have been reduced because 39% of the patients were on beta-blocker medication, researchers said.
Schooling Kids to Wash Hands Cuts Sick Days Ann Lukits 2011
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One type of drop, a form of beta-blocker, will “lower your heart rate, limiting your exercise capacity ….”
Eyeball to eyeball (with tooth-sucking….) « Write Anything 2010
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"Increase of 1-year mortality after perioperative beta-blocker withdrawal in endovascular and vascular surgery patients."
Leo Galland, M.D.: Surviving The Super Bowl M.D. Leo Galland 2011
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After more careful thinking out loud, he upped my dosage of nadolol, a beta-blocker, and increased my nortriptyline, a tricyclic antidepressant.
Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011
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