Editing Beta blocker (section)

=== Pharmacological differences ===
* Agents with intrinsic sympathomimetic action (ISA)
** Acebutolol,<ref name="BB in HTN Meta-analyses">{{cite journal | vauthors = Larochelle P, Tobe SW, Lacourcière Y | title = β-Blockers in hypertension: studies and meta-analyses over the years | journal = The Canadian Journal of Cardiology | volume = 30 | issue = 5 Suppl | pages = S16–S22 | date = May 2014 | pmid = 24750978 | doi = 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.02.012 | doi-access = free }}</ref> pindolol,<ref name="BB in HTN Meta-analyses" /> labetalol,<ref name="BB in HTN Meta-analyses" /> mepindolol,<ref>{{cite book| veditors = Ganten D, Mulrow PJ |title=Pharmacology of Antihypertensive Therapeutics |date=1990 |publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg|location=Berlin, Heidelberg|isbn=9783642742095|page=523}}</ref> oxprenolol,<ref name="oxprenolol" /> celiprolol,<ref name="Celiprolol" /> penbutolol<ref name="PharmLetter BB Table" />
* Agents organized by lipid solubility (lipophilicity)<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Zipursky JS, Macdonald EM, Luo J, Gomes T, Mamdani MM, Paterson JM, Juurlink DN | title = Lipophilic β-Blockers and Suicide in the Elderly | journal = Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology | volume = 37 | issue = 3 | pages = 381–384 | date = June 2017 | pmid = 28338548 | doi = 10.1097/JCP.0000000000000695 | s2cid = 23355130 }}</ref>
** High lipophilicity: propranolol, labetalol
** Intermediate lipophilicity: metoprolol, bisoprolol, carvedilol, acebutolol, timolol, pindolol
** Low lipophilicity (also known as hydrophilic beta blockers): atenolol, nadolol, and sotalol
* Agents with [[membrane stabilizing effect]]<ref name="Aronson">{{cite journal | vauthors = Aronson JK | title = Changing beta-blockers in heart failure: when is a class not a class? | journal = The British Journal of General Practice | volume = 58 | issue = 551 | pages = 387–389 | date = June 2008 | pmid = 18505613 | pmc = 2418988 | doi = 10.3399/bjgp08X299317 }}</ref>
** Carvedilol, propranolol > oxprenolol > labetalol, metoprolol, timolol