Diethylpropion Hydrochloride and Esmolol

• Generic Name: diethylpropion
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Tenuate, Tenuate Dospan

Adjunct to caloric restriction in the short-term management (a few weeks) of exogenous obesity.

Use in patients with initial body mass index (BMI) of ≥30 kg/m2 who have not responded to appropriate weight-reducing regimen (diet and/or exercise) alone.

Use only for short-term monotherapy; not for use in combination with any other drug for weight loss.

• Generic Name: esmolol
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Brevibloc

Esmolol is a beta-blocker that is used to help keep the heart beating normally in people with certain heart rhythm disorders of the atrium (the upper chambers of the heart that allow blood to flow into the heart). Esmolol is used in people with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter.

Esmolol is also used during surgery to help regulate blood pressure and heart rate.

Esmolol may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.