After 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.
Q:For over two and a half years my husband has suffered with chronic prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate). He has had conventional treatment antibiotics, four cystoscopies, followed by ant ...
In this condition, the small arteries in the fingers, and sometimes the toes, suddenly constrict in response to cold or emotional stress. The fingers/toes turn white and feel numb. When the blood returns, there’s an uncomfortable burning, tingling...
The World Health Organization recently reviewed veterinary drug residues in food and concluded that many drugs used to "aid animal production" (read: drug the animals before slaughter) may be harm ...
Although beta blockers have been used for over 30 years to treat high blood pressure in elderly people, new analysis has discovered that the drugs are no more effective than a sugar pill. ...
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. ...
