| Abstract: | ![]()
After a complete washout 14 hypertensive inpatients were given placebo for 3 days. Undistinguishable 30- or 60-mg indenolol tablets were then given twice daily for 14 days in a double-blind, randomized manner. Supine and standing arterial pressure and heart rate were measured at rest three times a day. Indenolol decreased systolic and diastolic arterial pressure as well as heart rate in subjects in supine and standing positions. Placebo had no effect. The effect of indenolol on systolic arterial pressure was dose and time related, but independent of the intensity of hypertension. No dose-effect relationship was found on diastolic arterial pressure. Decrease of heart rate was dose and time related, although bradycardia was never noted. Indenolol was well tolerated. |
