Optimize therapy for angina

As a hospital pharmacist, you will get questions about how to optimize therapy for angina when the maximum tolerated dose of a beta-blocker isn't enough. Follow these steps... Use a calcium channel blocker (CCB) . SWITCH from a beta-blocker to verapamil ( Isopten , initial 80 mg TID to QID; max 480 mg/day, divided) or diltiazem ( Altiazem , initial 120 to 18…