Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!dgc From: dgc@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.med Subject: Re: Beta blockers? What are they? Message-ID: <1387@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Thu, 27-Sep-84 12:16:30 EDT Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.1387 Posted: Thu Sep 27 12:16:30 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Sep-84 10:15:01 EDT Organization: UCLA CS Dept. Lines: 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Any discussion of "beta blockers" should note that, while extremely useful for specific conditions, these drugs are potentially quite dangerous, especially to asthmatics. For example, the eye-drop "timoptic" is the "drug of choice" for simple glaucoma (for non-asthmatics). However, one drop in the eye has been known to send asthmatics to the hospital emergency room where they required pure oxygen and other immediate relief. David G. Cantor Arpa: dgc@ucla-locus.arpa UUCP: ...!{cepu, ihnp4, randvax, sdcrdcf, trwspp, ucbvax}!ucla-cs!dgc