Bisoprolol
Prescription status is set country by country — the label where you live is the one that applies.
Beta: the medication section is still being tested, and its data may contain errors. Do not rely on it for a decision about your own treatment.
Bisoprolol is a cardioselective beta blocker. It blunts adrenaline at beta-1 receptors in the heart, so the heart beats more slowly and with less force and needs less oxygen. It is used for hypertension, arrhythmia, heart failure and angina, and is prescription-only.
A usual adult range, not a national label — the dose and the timing differ by country and by product.
Approved uses differ by country — some of these may be off-label or unapproved where you live.
Food makes no difference, and it is usually a morning drug. It is never stopped abruptly, because the heart rebounds and chest pain or dangerous rhythms can follow; any change is made by your prescriber, who in Ireland may be a nurse or midwife prescriber with statutory prescriptive authority to titrate a beta blocker, not only a doctor. It can mask the racing heart that normally signals low blood sugar, which matters alongside insulin glargine and metformin, and glucose and triglycerides are watched because beta blockers nudge both. It opposes salbutamol at the airway receptors, hence the caution in asthma.
A pulse that is persistently slow, fainting, marked shortness of breath, swelling ankles or new wheeze all warrant a doctor rather than self-adjustment. Hypoglycaemia that arrives without its usual warning signs is another reason to see one.
Reference information, not medical advice. Discuss any change with your doctor.