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[Exercise tolerance in angina patients 3 and 24 hours after administration of a new delayed-action preparation of metoprolol].

Abstract
To assess the duration of improved exercise tolerance by metoprolol given in a new sustained-release formulation, 40 in-patients affected by stable exercise-induced angina pectoris received single-blind placebo in day 1 and thereafter, in double-blind cross-over once daily administration, metoprolol RETARD 100 mg and 200 mg in days 3 and 5. Symptom-limited cycloergometric exercise tests were performed at 3 and 24 hours after placebo and after each of the two doses of metoprolol RETARD. Duration of exercise, maximal workload and total work performed did significantly increase at 3 and 24 hours after metoprolol RETARD 100 mg (P less than 0.01) and 200 mg (P less than 0.01), without any significant difference between the two doses. Peak systolic arterial pressure and heart rate were lowered by metoprolol RETARD 200 mg at 3 (P less than 0.01) and 24 (P less than 0.01) hours, whereas only the peak heart rate at 3 hours was lowered (P less than 0.05) by the 100 mg dose. It is concluded that in patients with stable exercise-induced angina pectoris, metoprolol RETARD 200 mg appears to be able to increase exercise tolerance and to reduce exercise-induced myocardial oxygen consumption throughout 24 hours period. This may justify a once daily dosing schedule of the 200 mg dose, aimed at improving patient compliance.
AuthorsC Giusti, P Verdecchia, F Pentimone, F Regoli, M Cordoni, A M Bongini
JournalGiornale italiano di cardiologia (G Ital Cardiol) Vol. 11 Issue 11 Pg. 1750-7 ( 1981) ISSN: 0046-5968 [Print] Italy
Vernacular TitleTolleranza allo sforzo fisico, in anginosi, a 3 e 24 ore dalla somministrazione di una nuova formulazione "retard" di metoprololo.
PMID7343379 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, English Abstract, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial)
Chemical References
  • Delayed-Action Preparations
  • Propanolamines
  • Metoprolol
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Angina Pectoris (drug therapy)
  • Delayed-Action Preparations
  • Female
  • Hemodynamics (drug effects)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Metoprolol (therapeutic use)
  • Middle Aged
  • Physical Exertion (drug effects)
  • Propanolamines (therapeutic use)

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