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Betaxolol, sold under the brand name Kerlone among others, is a medication used to treat glaucoma and high blood pressure. It reduces eye pressure by about 30%. It is not a first line treatment for blood pressure. It is take by mouth or used as an eye drop.

Common side effects by mouth include slow heart rate, low blood pressure, tiredness, dizziness, depression, trouble sleeping, memory loss, and sexual dysfunction. At high doses it can induce bronchospasm. Common side effects from the eye drops include eye irritation. Safety in pregnancy is unclear. It is a selective beta1 receptor blocker. As an eye drop it is thought to work by reducing the production of aqueous humor within the eye.

Betaxolol was patented in 1975 and approved for medical use in 1983. It is available as a generic medication. In the United Kingdom a 5 ml bottle of eye drops costs the NHS about £2 as of 2021. In the United States this amount costs about 21 USD.