title: Modification of antihypertensive effect of beta-adrenoceptor-blocking agents by inhibition of endogenous prostaglandin synthesis.
abstract: The effect of indomethacin-induced inhibition of endogenous prostaglandin synthesis on the antihypertensive activity of pindolol (15 mg daily) and propranolol (80--160 mg daily) was studied in 7 hypertensive patients. In four test phases of 10 days each, patients received beta-blocker alone, placebo, beta-blocker plus indomethacin (100 mg daily), and beta-blocker alone. Mean supine diastolic blood-pressure rose from 82 +/- 2 mm Hg in the first beta-blocker phase to 98 +/- 3 mm Hg in the placebo phase, remained elevated (96 +/- 3 mm Hg) in the beta-blocker-plus-indomethacin phase, and fell to 83 +/- 3 mm Hg in the last beta-blocker phase. Diastolic blood-pressure values obtained in the beta-blocker-plus-indomethacin phase were not significantly different from those obtained in the placebo phase but were significantly different from the values measured in both beta-blocker phases (P less than 0-01). The changes in systolic blood-pressure and pulse-rate were not significant. These preliminary results suggest that the antihypertensive effect of these two beta-blockers in some hypertensive patients may be related to the endogenous prostaglandin system.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D004336:Drug Antagonism; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010869:Pindolol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010919:Placebos; D011433:Propranolol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011448:Prostaglandin Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D010919:Placebos; D011448:Prostaglandin Antagonists; D011453:Prostaglandins; D011433:Propranolol; D010869:Pindolol; D007213:Indomethacin