Product Name

Betaxolol Hydrochloride

CAS Number

63659-19-8

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Product Name:
Betaxolol Hydrochloride
CAS Number:
63659-19-8
Indication:
For the management of hypertension.
Mode of Action:

Betaxolol selectively blocks catecholamine stimulation of beta(1)-adrenergic receptors in the heart and vascular smooth muscle. This results in a reduction of heart rate, cardiac output, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and possibly reflex orthostatic hypotension. Betaxolol can also competitively block beta(2)-adrenergic responses in the bronchial and vascular smooth muscles, causing bronchospasm.

Pharmacodynamics:

Betaxolol is a competitive, beta(1)-selective (cardioselective) adrenergic antagonist. Betaxolol is used to treat hypertension, arrhythmias, coronary heart disease, glaucoma, and is also used to reduce non-fatal cardiac events in patients with heart failure. Activation of beta(1)-receptors (located mainly in the heart) by epinephrine increases the heart rate and the blood pressure, and the heart consumes more oxygen. Drugs such as betaxolol that block these receptors therefore have the reverse effect: they lower the heart rate and blood pressure and hence are used in conditions when the heart itself is deprived of oxygen. They are routinely prescribed in patients with ischemic heart disease. In addition, beta(1)-selective blockers prevent the release of renin, which is a hormone produced by the kidneys which leads to constriction of blood vessels. Betaxolol is lipophilic and exhibits no intrinsic sympathomimetic activity (ISA) or membrane stabilizing activity.

Metabolism:

Primarily hepatic. Approximately 15% of the dose administered is excreted as unchanged drug, the remainder being metabolites whose contribution to the clinical effect is negligible.

Toxicity:

Oral LD50s are 350 to 400 mg betaxolol/kg in mice and 860 to 980 mg/kg in rats. Predicted symptoms of overdose include bradycardia, congestive heart failure, hypotension, bronchospasm, and hypoglycemia.

DrugBank:
DB00195
Formula:
C18-H29-N-O3.Cl-H
Molecular Mass:
343.892
Synonyms:
(+-)-1-(p-(2-(Cyclopropylmethoxy)ethyl)phenoxy)-3-(isopropylamino)-2-propanol hydrochloride, 1-(4-(2-(Cyclopropylmethoxy)ethyl)phenoxy)-3-isopropylaminopropan-2-ol hydrochloride, ALO 1401-02, Betaxolol HCl, Betaxolol hydrochloride, Betoptic, Betoptic S, Betoptima, EINECS 264-384-3, Kerlon, Kerlone, Lokren, SL 75 212-10, SL 75.212-10, UNII-6X97D2XT0O
General Reference:
General Reference:

 

  1. Canotilho J, Castro RA: The structure of betaxolol studied by infrared spectroscopy and natural bond orbital theory. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2010 Aug;76(3-4):395-400. Epub 2010 Apr 4. Pubmed

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