title: Beta-adrenoceptor blockade in stress due to oral surgery.
abstract: 1 The effects of a single oral dose of 5 mg pindolol (P) and 100 mg metoprolol (M) were assessed in a double-blind study in 30 patients undergoing oral surgery. 2 Systolic and diastolic blood pressures and heart rate were reduced 90 min after oral medication and did not exceed initial values at rest during the procedure. 3 Noradrenaline, adrenaline and c-AMP concentrations did not differ at any time from the control values at rest after P, but were increased after local anaesthesia and during oral surgery after M as were the metabolic responses reflected by plasma concentrations of glucose and free-fatty acids. 4 Plasma levels of ACTH and cortisol showed the typical increase during the procedure, being independent of beta-adrenoceptor blockade. In contrast to the cardioselective antagonist M, prophylactic administration of the non-selective drug P prevented the sympathetic and metabolic responses to the stress of oral surgery. 5 Hypothalamic and adrenal stimulation were not reduced by either selective or non-selective beta-adrenoceptor blockade.
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008790:Metoprolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010869:Pindolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014081:Tooth Extraction
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D010869:Pindolol; D008790:Metoprolol