Metabolic aspects of maximal exercise performance after slow release metoprolol and after atenolol |
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Authors: | H. Th. M. Folgering J. F. E. Borm R. H. L. M. van Haaren |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Physiology, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Summary Maximal exercise performance by eight healthy male subjects was tested after one week of medication with slow-release metoprolol 200 mg/d (metoprolol-SR), atenolol 200 mg/d or placebo, in a double blind crossover trial. The maximal working capacity was significantly decreased after atenolol and metoprolol-SR. Plasma glucose and FFA concentrations during the exercise test did not change: either after placebo therapy or after beta-blockade. The anaerobic threshold did not change after beta-blockade, but the changes in lactate due to the exercise were less after beta-blockade. Neither beta-blocker affected the exercise-induced alteration in airway resistance. Both drugs caused a small but significant ventilatory depression at rest and at 75% of maximal exercise. It is concluded that the limiting factor in maximal exercise performance after 1-adrenergic blockade does not lie in oxygen transport to the working muscles via ventilation and the circulation, but is most probably due to anaerobic metabolism. |
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Keywords: | metoprolol atenolol beta1-adrenergic blockade exercise anaerobic metabolism circulatory effects ventilatory effects plasma levels |
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