Beta Blockers Overview

✔ What are they?
Medications that slow the heart rate and reduce blood pressure to protect the heart.

✔ How to recognize them?
They all end in "-lol" (e.g., metoprolol, propranolol, atenolol).

✔ How do they work?

• Block adrenaline → Slow heart rate → Reduce blood pressure and heart workload.

✔ Easy trick to remember:
"Lol = Low heart rate, Low pressure"

✔ Common uses:

• High blood pressure

• Heart failure

• Heart attack prevention

• Anxiety and migraine prevention