Beta Blockers Unnecessary for Folks Without Heart Failure

Beta blockers might be unnecessary, raise depression risk in patients without heart failure
Beta blockers are go-to meds for many people who've survived a heart attack. However, new Swedish research has found that they might not be needed for heart attack survivors whose hearts have retained a normal pumping ability.
Beta Blockers Unnecessary for Folks Without Heart Failure; May Be Linked to Depression
Beta Blockers Unnecessary for Folks Without Heart Failure; May Be Linked to Depression By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Beta blockers are go-to meds for many people who've survived a heart attack. However ...
Study suggests beta-blockers may elevate depression symptoms in post-MI patients
In MI patients with preserved heart function, beta-blockers are linked to higher depressive symptoms, indicating a need for careful mental health assessment.
Taking Beta Blockers Is Linked to Depression
All patients who have had a heart attack are typically treated using beta blockers. According to a Swedish study conducted earlier this year, this drug is unlikely to be needed for those heart patient
Patients may become unnecessarily depressed by common heart medicine
All patients who have had a heart attack are typically treated using beta blockers. According to a Swedish study conducted earlier this year, this drug is unlikely to be needed for those heart patients who have a normal pumping ability.
Medpage Today on MSN24d
Case Against Perioperative Beta-Blockers Grows Stronger
Based on the records of patients who underwent noncardiac surgeries at two tertiary centers, there was an increased risk of ...
Experts warn of "chilling" effect of Texas attorney general suing doctors over gender-affirming care
Lawsuits filed as anti-trans ads plague 2024 election and dozens of states restrict access to gender-affirming care ...
Medscape2d
Beta-blockers: Acting in the Brain But Healing the Heart
It has been assumed that β-AR antagonists (β-blockers) have a direct favorable influence on the heart, but our results challenge this view, suggesting that β-blockers may also act directly in ...
News Medical2d
Beta blockers linked to increased depression in heart attack patients
All patients who have had a heart attack are typically treated using beta blockers. According to a Swedish study conducted earlier this year, this drug is unlikely to be needed for those heart ...
Sun Sentinel11h
Arguments set for next year on Florida’s transgender treatment restrictions
A federal appeals court will hear arguments Jan. 15 in a battle about Florida’s restrictions on treatments such as puberty ...
Montana to probe nation's leading pediatrics group for claim puberty blockers are 'reversible'
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is investigating the AAP's 2018 "gender-affirming" care policy, citing concerns over ...
Texas AG Paxton sues El Paso doctor over allegedly providing gender transition treatments
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against an El Paso doctor, claiming the doctor was illegally providing ...