Negative Inotropic Drug. Negative inotropic agents negative inotropic agents decrease myocardial contractility and are used to decrease cardiac workload in conditions such as angina. An inotropic drug is a medicine that alters the force or strength of the heart s muscular contractions heartbeats. The most popular inotropic drug is digoxin. Inotropic agents are a group of medicines that affect the contraction of the heart muscle.
Technically inotropes can be divided into positive inotropes which stimulate and increase the force of contraction of the heart muscle and negative inotropes which weaken the force of muscular contractions decreasing how hard the heart has to work. The most popular inotropic drug is digoxin. Myocardial contractility is a process that controls the contraction of heart muscles. Both kinds of inotropic agents are used in the treatment of many different cardiovascular conditions. Negative inotropic drugs weaken the force of the heartbeat. Calcium channel blockers are used for treating high blood pressure chest pain and irregular heart rhythm.
There are two different types of inotropic drugs.
Negative inotropic drugs make the heart beat less strongly and positive inotropic drugs make the heart beat more strongly. There are two different types of inotropic drugs. Negative inotropic drugs weaken the force of the heartbeat. Negative inotropes include beta blockers calcium channel blockers and antiarrhythmic medicines and they all work in different ways. This slows the nerve impulses that travel through the heart. Inotropic agents are a group of medicines that affect the contraction of the heart muscle.