Causes. Your liver has several big jobs to do. One key task is to clean your blood by getting rid of harmful chemicals that your body makes. Hepatic encephalopathy starts when your liver gets damaged from a disease you've had a long time, like hepatitis, Reye's syndrome, or cirrhosis. It doesn't work right anymore, and toxins get into your bloodstream and travel to your brain. They build up there and cause the mental and physical symptoms of HE.
Beta Blockers. This includes a group of drugs usually ending in â-olâ, such as atenolol, metoprolol, nebivolol, carvedilol, and bisoprolol. This group of drugs acts primarily by reducing heart rate and the strength of heart contraction. The major use of these drugs was in treating hypertension (previously)and angina.
Class Summary. Long-acting bronchodilators (LABA) are not used for the treatment of acute bronchospasm. They are used for the preventive treatment of nocturnal asthma or exercise-induced asthmatic symptoms, for example. Currently, 2 LABA are available in the United States: salmeterol (Serevent) and formoterol (Foradil).