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Laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation associated with a sudden rise in blood pressure and pulse rate due to stimulation of sympathetic activity. The aim of this study was to compare effectiveness of metoprolol 5 mg intavenously and lidocaine 1.5 mg/kgBW to attenuate hemodynamic response evoked by laryngoscopy and intubation. This was an experimental randomized double blind controlled trial study was conducted in 40 patients with American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) physical status I or II who will have surgery with general anesthesia techniques in Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung from July−August 2013. Subjects were divided into two groups wich received metoprolol 5 mg intravenously or lidocaine 1.5 mg/kgBW 3 minutes before laryngoscopy and intubation. All data were analysed using t-test, with p value < 0.05 considered significant. Statistical analysis showed that on second and third minutes after intubation and laryngoscopy showed a significant differences on hemodynamic parameter between two groups with p value <0.05. The conclusions of this study are intravenous 5 mg of metoprolol found to be better than lidocaine 1.5 mg/kgBW to attenuate hemodynamic response evoked by laryngoscopy and intubation.