Beta-adrenoceptor-blocking drugs, growth hormone and acromegaly. |
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Authors: | J Feely |
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Abstract: | Chronic treatment with oxprenolol or propranolol in active hypertensive patients was associated with elevation of serum growth hormone (GH). Propranolol, 80 mg orally, caused a marked rise in GH in 3 of 4 acromegalic patients. |
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