heart and blood vessel disorders
Drug Treatment for Heart Failure
Beta blockers
Beta-blockers are often used with ACE inhibitors to treat heart failure and are another mainstay of heart failure treatment. These drugs block the action of the hormonenorepinephrine(which increases stress on the heart) and produce long-term improvement in heart function and survival and are an essential treatment in people with systolic heart failure. Beta-blockers may reduce the force of the heart’s contractions initially, so they are usually introduced after heart failure has first been stabilized with other drugs. 