Definition of "labetalol" [labetalol]

• A mixed alpha/beta adrenergic antagonist, which is used to treat high blood pressure. (noun)

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• "A blood pressure drug called labetalol, for example, usually costs $25 a dose."
• "Currently, for example, intensive care doctors are coping with a shortage of a drug called labetalol that's used to treat patients whose blood pressure is going through the roof."
• "The drug with the highest mark-up was labetalol, a blood pressure medication that has been in shortage for more than a year."