Beta blockers Albuterol

Other drugs that may interact with cardiac glycosides include the following Albuterol, amphotericin B, beta-blockers, calcium, disopyramide, loop diuretics, nondepolarizing muscle relaxants, potassium-sparing diuretics, succinylcholine, sympathomimetics, thiazide diuretics, thioamines, and thyroid hormones. 

Clinically important, potentially hazardous interactions with albuterol, alpha-blockers, amitriptyline, amoxapine, atenolol, beta-blockers, carteolol, chlorpromazine, clomipramine, cocaine, desipramine, doxepin, ephedra, ergotamine, furazolidone, halothane, imipramine, insulin detemir, MAO inhibitors, metoprolol, nadolol, nortriptyline, oxprenolol, penbutolol, phenelzine, phenoxybenzamine, phenylephrine, pindolol, prazosin, propranolol, protriptyline, sympathomimetics, terbutaline, thioridazine, timolol, tranylcypromine, tricyclic antidepressants, trimipramine, vasopressors... 

Answer A. Although used primarily via inhalation for asthma, systemic effects of albuterol include vasodilation due to its p2 receptor activation. This can result in a decrease in PVR and mean BP, which elicits a reflex tachycardia. Methoxamine and phenylephrine are Ct-receptor activators causing vasoconstriction, which would result in reflex bradycardia. Ganglion blockers (mecamylamine) prevent autonomic reflexes, and a reflex increase in heart rate could not occur in the presence of a beta blocker (propranolol). 

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