Doctors are reassessing decades of standard treatment for patients who have had heart attacks after new research shows beta-blockers may be anywhere from useless to harmful in certain cases. The research was conducted in Spain and Italy and hit medical journals only in August, but it’s already started to impact how some Southwestern Pennsylvania cardiologists deliver care. “It’s gone from …
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Beta-Blockers Post MI: A Clear Clinical Message – Medscape
Beta-Blockers Post MI: A Clear Clinical Message Medscape Doctors may need to rethink decades of routine beta blocker use for some patients after a heart attack, studies suggest ABC News Does a common heart attack pill help everyone? Studies disagree Reuters Beta-blockers have detrimental impact on health of women users – study The Independent Common heart drug taken by millions found useless, possibly risky ScienceDaily …
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