The-14Sep 8, 2025
Heart attack patients: do you still need beta blockers? A cardiologist explains
#Health #HeartHealth #BetaBlockers #Cardiology #Healthcare #Medication #HeartAttack #MedicalResearch #HeartDisease #HealthNews #HeartTreatment #PatientCare
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Heart attack patients: do you still need beta blockers? A cardiologist explains | The-14

Heart attack patients may wonder if beta blockers are still needed. A cardiologist explains new research, risks and when these drugs save lives—or may not help.

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Show threadRhyothemisSep 6, 2025

@ScienceScholar

Beta blockers can also increase risk of anaphylaxis -
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1491970/

Beta blocker use has been linked to increased risk of Parkinson's -
https://scienceofparkinsons.com/2017/09/02/beta2-adrenoreceptor-agonists-another-game-changer/

#BetaBlockers

Beta-blocker therapy and the risk of anaphylaxis

Beta-blocker therapy is associated with an increase in the severity and, possibly, the incidence of acute anaphylaxis. The population at risk consists of people with allergic conditions who are given a beta-blocker for an unrelated condition. ...

PubMed Central (PMC)
RDNAug 31, 2025

A controlled trial of beta blockers in approximately 8,500 people who retained heart function after a heart attack found that, after 3 years, the beta blockers conferred no benefit, and actually increased the risk of heart attack and death in women.

Summary and links to original articles: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250831010539.htm

#Science #Health #CVD #HeartAttack #WomensHealth #BetaBlockers

Common heart drug taken by millions found useless, possibly risky

Beta blockers, used for decades after heart attacks, provide no benefit for patients with preserved heart function, according to the REBOOT trial. The massive study also found women faced higher risks when taking the drug. Experts say the results will change heart treatment guidelines worldwide.

ScienceDaily
Show threadNonilexJul 30, 2025

Certain #medications – like the #BetaBlockers Peart takes to treat atrial fibrillation [#afib], a #heart condition that causes irregular heartbeats – make people more vulnerable to the adverse #health effects of extreme temperatures by affecting how they regulate their body temperature.

#law #prisons #ClimateChange #HumanRights #ExtremeWeather #heat

Matt HodgkinsonJun 21, 2025

The claim is circulating that antidepressants can cause overheating and dehydration. This is a genuine public health message, but it's not so simple: diuretics, beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, antipsychotics, and some antihistamines may also interact badly with hot weather.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/15/well/live/heat-weather-medication-safety.html (excerpt in a reply)

There's even doubt about antidepressants having this effect. A recent paper in eClinicalMedicine looked at all the studies they could find and concluded that there wasn't evidence of antidepressants causing overheating in hot weather - though some other medicines do.

"Current evidence supports strong anticholinergics, non-selective beta-blockers, adrenaline, and anti-Parkinson’s agents impairing thermoregulation during heat stress ... physicians should interpret with caution conventional public health messaging related to the thermoregulatory effects of some drugs (e.g., antidepressants) during hot weather."
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00465-6/fulltext

#Antidepressants #Diuretics #AnticholinergicMedications #MedMastodon #BetaBlockers #HeatWaves #Thermoregulation #OverHeating #Dehydration #SideEffects #AdverseEffects #AdverseEvents #DrugSideEffects #DrugSafety #HeatStress #HotWeather #HotWeatherSafety #PublicHealth #ACEinhibitors #Antipsychotics

These Common Medications Can Make Heat Waves More Dangerous

Certain antidepressants, blood pressure pills and other drugs make you more susceptible to heat-related illness. Here’s what to know.

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Ian RobinsonJun 18, 2025

Coincidentally, the York Cardiology channel on YouTube has just posted a video explaining what beta blockers are and how they work.

A 7-minute video: https://youtu.be/0AyFGyJjKcE

#HeartHealth #BetaBlockers https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/114699976250397030

Understanding beta blockers

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wolf of the wispNov 7, 2024
@SimonRoyHughes @juergen_hubert propranolol (? (like the 'lol' at the end there) #BetaBlockers #StageFright #propranolol https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532906/
Beta Blockers

Beta-blockers, as a class of drugs, are primarily used to treat cardiovascular diseases and other conditions. Beta-blockers are indicated and have FDA approval for the treatment of tachycardia, hypertension, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, coronary artery disease, hyperthyroidism, essential tremor, aortic dissection, portal hypertension, glaucoma, migraine prophylaxis, and other conditions. They are also used to treat less common conditions such as long QT syndrome and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. This activity outlines the indications, mechanism of action, safe administration, adverse effects, contraindications, toxicology, and monitoring of the broad array of physiological possibilities when using beta-blockers in the clinical setting.

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The Chaotic Good 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🖖Sep 26, 2024

Well arse.

I’m having long conga lines of PVCs….

I’m off to bed.

#lqts #heart #betablockers

Flummi1970 💾May 17, 2024
Morning ihr little people in my kleene Smattphone ☕
Heute Urlaub🎉🎉
Heute ist u.a. #Welt #Hypertonie #Tag
Da lebe ich schon locker 20 Jahre mit.
Dank eines #Betablockers bin ich super eingestellt ✊✊
Passt auf euch auf und seid #achtsam
Nicklas LöfApr 10, 2024
Yay. Apple approves my new medication. #betablockers ftw. #afib not ftw.