Animal work has shown that carvedilol is a nonselective beta-blocking drug. It has a vasodilator action from alpha-receptor blockade, but there is evidence that it has further action to relax smooth muscle, possibly from calcium channel antagonism. Carvedilol is lipid soluble and 25% bioavailable, a
The pharmacology of carvedilol
β Scribed by R. R. Ruffolo; M. Gellai; J. P. Hieble; R. N. Willette; A. J. Nichols
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 616 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0031-6970
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