AboutDr. Ravindra Bhaskar Ghooi Expertise I can provide information on drugs and medicines, their actions, uses, interactions and adverse effects. To avoid confusion, generic names of
medicines may please be provided. I am a pharmacologist, having worked
on animal and human pharmacology, and presently I am the Dean of Bilcare Research Academy, where we teach courses on clinical research. We dont work on saturdays and sundays, hence questions reachng me on these days will be replied on Monday, please bear with me.
Question am 53 years hypertensive male on Atenolol 100 Lisinorpil and Amlodepine 5 mg. Yesterday my dr changed atenolol 100 to nebivolol 5 mg stating that atenolol is no longer recommended and the drug of nebivolol is of 3rd generation. I have occassional ventricular ectopia and sever concentric LVH and dystolic dysfunction. I need your guidance whether nebivolol is superiro in terms of eeficacy I take atenolol 100 since so many years. If a suggested change is must then dose of 5 mg of nebivolol ok because i take atenolol 100 I am ex asthamatic"
Answer Hi Jagdish,
The superiority of nebivolol has been proved in a large number of trials. Further as an ex asthmatic, I would not like to continue atenolol, nebivolol on the other hand is highly cardioselective and the change is good. I recommend it.
Ravi Ghooi
