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People given beta blockers were 10 to 24 times more like to dropout of studies due to fatigue, and 5 times more like to dropout of studies due to sexual dysfunction. Beta blockers only prevent one stroke per year out of every 1400 patients given these drugs. They only prevent one heart attack per year out of every 1400 patients given these drugs. And they only prevent one death per year out of every 2500 patients given these drugs. This was noted in a Letter to the Editor in JAMA by Franz Messerli, MD who has written several papers about the ineffectiveness of beta blockers. For every one heart attack or stroke that is prevented by these drugs 3 people are made impotent 8 people have so much fatigue that they stop taking the drug. ” hardly an acceptable risk/benefit ratio for a completely asymptomatic disease such as mild essential hypertension.” — Franz Messerli, MD “In the case of hypertension in patients older than 60 years, such benefits [of beta blockers] have not been documented.” — Franz Messerli, MD In other words beta blockers have not been shown to benefit people over the age of 60. Hi, this is Larry Hobbs @ FatNews.com, Beta blockers include drug like atenolol (Tenormin) and propranolol (Inderal). I believe that potassium bicarbonate is vastly superior to beta blockers and the other blood pressure medicines for improving health. I’ve been taking 1000 mg of potassium twice a day (2000 mg per day) in the form of potassium bicarbonate since 2000. My blood …

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