Is it safe to take beta-blockers if I am taking allergy medication?

Is it safe to take beta-blockers if I am taking allergy medication?

Harold Kaiser (Practicing Allergist and Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School) gives expert video advice on: What kind of medications are used to treat allergies?; Does using an EpiPen hurt? and more...

Beta blocker (the better name for which is beta agonist blocker) is a medication which is more commonly used in cardiac disease and also for things like migraine. It is also used for stage fright. It is an anti-hypertensive medication, and has a lot of uses. But it is not a good medication for patients who have allergic disease or asthma because it negates the potential effect of epinephrine or adrenaline in treating allergic reactions. In other words, it is tougher to treat allergies in patients who are taking beta-blockers. This can cause everything from inconvenience to life-threatening reactions if they have an asthmatic anaphylactic-type reaction. So the general advice is that patients who have allergies should not be taking beta blockers. In patients who are on immunotherapy, those who are getting allergy injections should not be getting beta blockers.