medicine

[kaula]

is anyone is taking labetalol

[Jackie]

Hi, No but I take other Beta Blockers. Do you know never to take them on the morning of the thyroid test until afterwards? it does not effect the thyroid but does strongly effect the blood test, false result.

Jackie

[Redditch]

Never heard of it.. but if it's any good.. do tell

[helvella Administrator]

No. I know nothing about it at all. Why are you asking?

I hope you have fully read the Patient Information Leaflet. (Unfortunately, it is not online so far as I can see.)

The BNF includes this warning:

Liver damage

Severe hepatocellular damage reported after both short-term and long-term treatment. Appropriate laboratory testing needed at first symptom of liver dysfunction and if laboratory evidence of damage (or if jaundice) labetalol should be stopped and not restarted

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Rod

[humanbean]

There is a lot of info about labetalol here :

patient.co.uk/medicine/labe...

Hope it helps.