Participants supplied all medications prescribed by a doctor, vitamins, supplements, and over-the-counter remedies and medicines taken in the 2 weeks prior to the evaluation. Direct visual inspection of all containers of prescription and over-the-counter agents allowed for medication documentation. Medications were subsequently coded using the Medi-Span Drug Data Base system.

Medications included:

ATENOLOL               TOPROL XL            METOPROLOL
PROPRANOLOL            COREG                LOPRESSOR
COREG                  NADOLOL              LABETALOL
TENORMIN               INDERAL              INDERAL LA
ATENOL/CHLOR           CARVEDILOL           ZIAC
SOTALOL HCL            BISOPRL/HCTZ         CORGARD
METOPROL TAR           PINDOLOL             ACEBUTOLOL

Medi-Span. Master Drug Data Base Documentation Manual. Indianapolis, IN: Medi-Span, 1995.