Beta Blockers
If you are on a beta blocker medication you will need to talk with your primary physician about switching to another medication prior to testing or allergy treatment (allergy injections).

Beta blockers are used to treat high blood pressure, heart disease and headaches and are often used to treat glaucoma. Beta blockers make it much more difficult to reverse a systemic reaction to allergy injections. We do not give allergy injections to patients on beta blockers for this reason.

If you are taking allergy injections, it is important that you inform the nurse of any new medications you are taking prior to receiving your injection. Do not discontinue your beta blocker medication on your own. The physician who prescribed the beta blockers for you can evaluate your need for beta blocker medication. If your physician feels you can safely discontinue your beta blocker or switch to a different type of medication, he or she will provide you with a schedule for weaning off the beta blocker and/or making the switch to another medication.

See a List of Beta Blockers and Beta Blocker Eye Drops Below:

Name Brand:	Generic:
• Betapace	• sotalol
• Blocadren	• timolol
• Cartrol	• carteolol
• Coreg	• carvedilol
• Corgard	• nadolol
• Corzide	• nadol/ bendroflunetazide
• Inderal	• propranolol
• Inderide	• propranolol/HCTZ
• Kerlone	• betaxolol
• Lopressor	• metoprolol
• Normodyne	• labetalol
• Sectral	• acebutolol
• Tenoretic	• atenolol/HCTZ
• Tenormin	• atenolol
• Timolide	• timolol/HCTZ
• Toprol	• metoprolol
• Trandate	• labetalol
• Visken	• pindolol
• Zebeta	• bisoprolol
• Ziac	• bisoprolol/HCTZ

EYE DROPS CONTAINING BETA BLOCKERS

Name Brand:	Generic:
• Betagan	• levobunolol
• AK Beta	• levobunolol
• Betoptic	• betaxolol
• Optipranolol	• metipranolol
• Ocupress	• carteolol
• Timoptic	• nadol/ bendroflunetazide