What Doctors Don't Tell YouAfter using beta-blockers as the drug of choice to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) for 30 years, doctors have finally been warned that the drugs are ineffective and dangerous.
Two new studies show that the beta blockers bucindolol and carvedilol have little or no effect in cases of severe heart failure. ...
* Tranquillisers
* Beta-blockers
* Steroids such as prednisolone
* Epilepsy drugs such as Zonegran
Many doctors, when prescribing drugs, routinely fail to check the manufacturer’s printed material on potential side-effects. Indeed, many GPs continue to believe that drugs don’t have side-effects.
BLOOD PRESSURE: It's enough to make your blood boil
Heart attack patients given antiarrhythmic (irregular heartbeat) drugs are more likely to die. ...
I have high blood pressure and was given a beta blocker drug by my GP last September. I was assured there would be no side effects. ... ...
Q I regularly take aspirin but, recently, I’ve been prescribed an antihypertensive. Is there any interaction between these drugs? - CH, Swindon
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HOORAY! THE DRUGS WORK: But then again, they don't
