| Drugs not to be taken while on Immunotherapy
If any other physician wants you to take any of the following medications which all contain a family of drugs called Beta Blockers, it is important to notify him/her that you are on immunotherapy and have been told you are not supposed to take them.
** If you are currently taking a Beta-Blocker, please notify your doctor or a nurse.
There is some evidence that patients who are taking these medications are more likely to experience reactions from immunotherapy injections or more severe allergy symptoms. Also, Beta-Blocker drugs can interfere with epinephrine (adrenalin) which is the most important drug used to treat severe reactions to immunotherapy.
| The following is a list of Beta-Blockers used to treat high blood pressure : |
| Betapace (Solalol) |
Lovatol (Penbutolol) |
| Blocadren (Timolol) |
Normadyne (Labetolol) |
| Brevibloc (Esmolol) |
Normozide (Alph,Beta) |
| Cartrol (Carteolol) |
Sectral (Acebutolol) |
| Corega (Carvedilol) |
Tenoretic (contains Timolol) |
| Corgard (Nadolol) |
Tenormin (Atenolol) |
| Corzide (contains Nadolol) |
Timolide (Timolol) |
| Inderide (contains Propanolol) |
Toprol XL (Metoprolol) |
| Inderal (Propanolol) |
Trandate (Labetolol) |
| Kerlone (Betaxolol) |
Visken (Pindolol) |
| Lopressor (Metoprolol)(Toprol) |
Zebeta (Bisoprolol) |
| Lopressor HCT (contains Metoprolol) |
Ziac (contains Bisoprolol) |
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Intraocular Beta-Blockers (eye medications) include : |
| Betagan (Levobunolol) (AKBeta) |
OptiPranolol (Metipranolol) |
| Betatopic (Betazolol) |
Timoptic (Timolol) |
| Betatopic S |
Xalatan (Tatanaprost solution) |
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