title: Comparison of intravenous AH 5158 (ibidomide) and propranolol in asthma.
abstract: The cardiac and bronchial effects of AH 5158 and propranolol were compared in a double-blind, placebocontrolled intravenous study on 10 asthmatics. AH 5158, like propranolol, is a non-cardioselective beta-adrenoceptor-blocking drug, but unlike propranolol it also has an alpha-adrenoceptor-blocking action. Both drugs produced equivalent cardiac(beta1) blockade, but propranolol produced bronchoconstriction, whereas AH 5158 did not. Hence the alpha-blocking action of AH 5158 seems to prevent the bronchoconstrictor effects of propranolol in these patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001980:Bronchi / Q000187:drug effects*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003250:Constriction; D004983:Ethanolamines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007741:Labetalol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010919:Placebos; D011433:Propranolol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011674:Pulse; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects*; D013147:Spirometry
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D004983:Ethanolamines; D010919:Placebos; D011433:Propranolol; D007741:Labetalol