During the last few months, talk of beta blockers—yes, the heart medication—being used to treat everyday anxiety has reached ...

Beta-blockers antagonize beta-1 and beta-2 receptors which are the usual targets of the sympathetic nervous system, including epinephrine and norepinephrine. This results in a decreased heart rate ...

Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD Propranolol and metoprolol are both beta-blockers, which are a class of drugs taken ...

Expert consensus document on β-adrenergic receptor blockers. Eur. Heart. J. 25(15), 1341–1362 (2004). Brodde OE. β-1 and β-2 adrenoceptor polymorphisms: functional importance, impact on ...

To deal with the overwhelming anxiety she was feeling, her GP gave her a prescription for propranolol, a beta blocker. Four ...

However, β blockers do not all share the same clinical outcomes with respect to efficacy or safety in many of these conditions. This is especially true in HF, where differences in reverse ...

“You turn 18, and if you want to find out if you have the gene, then you do. That carries a lot of psychological heavy information.” UI researchers found common beta-blockers may slow the progression ...