Kakenyaku Kako Co., Ltd.

Kazuhiko Kimura

Kiyoshi Ito

Masahiko Ikemoto

Teruo Nakanishi

A pharmaceutical composition containing as the essential active ingredient a benzofuran derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein A is --COR', ##STR2## or ethyl group; B is hydrogen atom when A is --COR' ##STR3## or --COR' substituted at the 3 or 4 position of the benzofuran nucleus when A is ethyl; R is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; R' is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or phenyl group; R' is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, phenyl or phenylalkyl group wherein the alkyl moiety has 1 to 2 carbon atoms; and the substituted propoxy group is at the 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 position of the benzofuran nucleus; or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical composition possesses a superior .beta.-adrenergic blocking activity and local anesthetic activity, and is useful for the prevention and treatment of heart diseases, hypertension and hyperthyroidism.

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Otsu, Japan

Kazuhiko Kimura