Hyla Cass
See book keywords and concepts |  Nutrients depleted: None reported. beta blockers: atenolol (Tenormin), metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol-XL), and propanolol (Inderal)
Beta blockers are one of the oldest and safest classes of antihypertensive drugs. Most of their generic names end in "-lol."
Actions: Lowers blood pressure by reducing the force and speed of the heartbeat. A related class, the alpha-beta blockers, also works by slowing heart rate. |
Bottom Line Health
See book keywords and concepts | | Some of the patients were given beta blockers, the standard treatment. Others received beta blockers plus amiodarone, a drug that reduces arrhythmias, or abnormal heartbeats. (For more information about amiodarone, see page 192.) And a third group received sotalol, another anti-arrhythmia drug.
The risk of experiencing a shock during one year was 56% lower in the patients who got either the beta blocker-amiodarone combination or the sotalol treatment, compared with those who got a beta blocker alone. | | Most importantly, he notes, the people chosen for the study were carefully selected to represent the full range of heart surgery patients—young, old, those undergoing valve surgery and those protected by beta blockers.
Half of the participants got a 13-day course of amiodarone, starting six days before they were scheduled for heart surgery. The other half got a placebo. Researchers found that the incidence of abnormal heartbeats was 50% lower in the group receiving amiodarone than in the group getting the placebo.
"There was a substantial protective effect," Mitchell says. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
See book keywords and concepts |  They decrease the risk of repeifusion arrhythmias (disturbances in heart rhythm associated with return of blood flow after ischemia). beta blockers should not be used in persons with lung diseases, such as asthma, because deaths have been reported. They should be used only very carefully in diabetics because beta blockers can mask the normal physiologic response to hypoglycemia. In patients taking beta blockers, blood glucose should be carefully monitored during the perioperative period. |
John E. Sarno, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  And, in fact, they are.
The beta blockers block the effects of adrenaline on heart rate and force of contractility, and lower blood pressure particularly in individuals whose hypertension is characterized by a rapid heart rate. Examples of beta blockers include atenolol (Tenormin), metoprolol (Toprol), and others. My favorite is betaxolol (Kerlone), which has a smoother action and, I believe, fewer side effects. The alpha blockers block the constricting effects of the sympathetic nerves on the walls of the arterial system. Examples include doxazosin (Cardura) and terazosin (Hytrin). |
Marshall Editions
See book keywords and concepts |  These are commonly beta blockers used for hypertension, lithium used for bipolar disease, and antimalarials. Eliminate dairy and gluten from your diet as a trial to see if this is effective. Use probiotics and prebiotics to optimize intestinal health and relieve symptoms. Check vitamin D3 levels (25 hydroxy D), as vitamin D3 therapy leads to improvement in some patients; recent studies correlate psoriasis with a low vitamin D3 level. Amounts of 1,000 IU daily are often used initially.
Sun exposure: Sunbathing generally leads to an improvement in psoriasis but sun protection must be used. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Most, but not all, sexual
Selected Medications That Can Affect Sexual Function
Reduction in Sexual Desire
Antipsychotics Barbiturates
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) Tricyclic antidepressants beta blockers Digoxin
Spironolactone
Oral contraceptives
Histamine H2-receptor blockers
Reduction in Arousal
Antihistamines
Antihypertensives
SSRIs
Tricyclic antidepressants
Reduction in Orgasmic Response
Amphetamines
Antipsychotics
Narcotics
SSRIs
Trazodone
Tricyclic antidepressants problems in postmenopausal women are related to estrogen loss to the genitals. |
Michael Friedman, ND
See book keywords and concepts |  Iatrogenic causes include beta blockers and diuretics, progestins, androgens, estrogens, retinoids (such as Accutane, an analog of vitamin A), corticosteroids, anti-convulsant medications, Cyclosporin, and HIV drugs. Many of the drugs used in treating secondary complications of diabetes, such as beta blockers and diuretics, are helpful in treating the hypertension and edema, but cause other secondary complications of diabetes, such as dyslipidemia. Cardiovascular disease is the highest significant risk for a diabetic. |
Hyla Cass, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Digoxin interacts dangerously with other cardiovascular medications, such as quini-dine, verapamil, and amiodarone, and beta blockers.
Nutrients depleted: Calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and vitamin B,.
Needed supplements:
• Calcium: 1,000-1,200 mg daily.
• Magnesium: 400-600 mg daily.
• Phosphorus: 700 mg daily.
• Vitamin Bj: 25 mg daily.
• Other supplements: See pages 78-79 in Chapter 4 for other supplements helpful for cardiovascular conditions.
ISONIAZID
This drug is used to treat tuberculosis, or to prevent it in people who are exposed to the disease. | | Nutrient depleted: beta blockers deplete CoQ10 and reduce production of a hormone called melatonin. By blocking beta receptors, these medicines may also block the action of an enzyme needed to make this hormone, which is produced at nightfall and promotes sound sleep.
Needed supplement: Take 100-300 mg of CoQi0.
Centrally Acting Antihypertensives: alpha-methyldopa (Aldomet), clonidine (Catapres), and guanfacine (Tenex)
These drugs are less-used alternatives for hypertension than the other classes listed above. |
Marshall Editions
See book keywords and concepts | | Prophylactic treatment, which protects those prone to migraines, includes beta blockers, tricyclic antidepressants, gabapentin, and verapamil.
Prevention: Eliminate foods that trigger migraines (these may include caffeine, alcohol, nitrites, coffee, and cheeses) and reduce your stress levels as much as possible. Magnesium aspartate and B vitamins, especially niacin, along with the herbs butterbur and feverfew have been shown to be effective in treating migraines. Acupuncture and chiropractic treatment may also be worthwhile. | | Other medications, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for pain relief, bromocriptine for breast tenderness, and beta blockers and anxiolytics for anxiety, are! used as needed for severe symptoms.
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
Herbs: The herbs listed in the formulas below are available from Chinese pharmacies or online. To prepare a formula, place the raw herbs in a ceramic pot and add 3 cups of water. Bring the mixture to a boil, simmer for 30 minutes, and strain. Drink 1 cup twice a day. • To treat Qi stagnation: Symptoms include irritability, mood swings, and tender breasts. |
Bottom Line Health
See book keywords and concepts | | Weight loss and exercise may be enough, but you also may need medication, such as diuretics or beta blockers.
•Cholesterol. To prevent a stroke, maintain the same cholesterol levels that are recommended to reduce heart disease risk—total cholesterol less than 200.. .LDL ("bad") cholesterol less than 100.. .HDL ("good") cholesterol greater than 40.
What you can do: Weight loss and exercise help control cholesterol levels. If these strategies are not sufficient, cholesterol-lowering medication may be needed.
•Diabetes. | | The compliance rate was much lower for other medications—46% said they took beta blockers as ordered, and only 44% followed instructions for taking lipid-lowering drugs, such as statins.
Only 20% of the people who had heart failure, the progressive loss of ability to pump blood, said they took their ACE inhibitors consistently.
HEALTH-CARE WORKERS ARE KEY
"My feeling is that a number of factors are responsible," says study author Dr. Kristin Newby, an associate professor of medicine at Duke. "Cost does play a role in it, but health-care providers are the key part of the issue. | | There is no information about what percentage of patients was actually withdrawn from beta blockers."
In addition, although there was no increase in the number of complications for the patients taking amiodarone, there also was no difference in readmissions to the hospital, in-hospital deaths or deaths in the year after surgery.
Mathew's recommendation is cautious: "More widespread use of amiodarone for patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery should be considered. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
See book keywords and concepts |  Do beta blockers improve survival after myocardial infarction?" Such questions tend to be discrete and narrowly defined, and indeed every attempt is made to make them so. EBM attempts to rank the studies addressing such questions according to study design (or type), assigning greatest weight to the randomized controlled trial (RCT), then cohort studies, then case-control studies, then case reports, and finally, little or no weight to expert opinion.9
Despite its many problems [5, 6], this approach is generally held to be the best way to evaluate new medical treatments. | | Nutritional dose of magnesium in hypertensive patients on beta blockers lowers systolic blood pressure: a double-blind, cross-over study. J. Int. Med. 236, 189-195.
116. Witteman, J. C. M., et al. (1994). Reduction of blood pressure with oral magnesium supplementation in women with mild to moderate hypertension. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 60, 129-135.
117. Sacks, F. M., et al. (1995). Combinations of potassium, calcium, and magnesium supplements in hypertension. Hypertension 26(1), 950-956.
118. Kawano, Y., et al. (1998). Effects of magnesium supplementation in hypertensive patients. |
Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  The traditional treatment three decades ago was to control Joe's symptoms by slashing the oxygen demand on his heart with medications such as beta blockers, which hold down heart rate and blood pressure. A pacemaker guaranteed that we wouldn't drop his heart rate too low with these drugs.
Being a proactive patient, Joe asked me in 1980 about an alternative therapy he started researching—intravenous chelation. This therapy binds harmful substances like lead, cadmium, and arsenic so the body can excrete them. | | Stopping, reducing, or changing coenzyme Qi0 is similar to altering intake of cardiac drugs such as beta blockers. Relapses can certainly occur.
For those using coenzyme Qio as adjunct therapy in treating serious illnesses, it may be appropriate to ask the doctor to have a blood level test, since blood levels are the most accurate assessment of how coenzyme Q10 is being absorbed and delivered to tissues and organs. When coenzyme Q10 is delivered in sufficient dosages, it will support the tissues in need.
Ubiquinol—The Other Form of Coenzyme Q10
Ubiquinone is the stable form of coenzyme Q10. |
Hyla Cass
See book keywords and concepts | | Digoxin interacts dangerously with other cardiovascular medications, such as quini-dine, verapamil, and amiodarone, and beta blockers.
Nutrients depleted: Calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and vitamin B,.
Needed supplements:
?Calcium: 1,000-1,200 mg daily.
?Magnesium: 400-600 mg daily.
?Phosphorus: 700 mg daily.
?Vitamin Bj: 25 mg daily.
?Other supplements: See pages 78-79 in Chapter 4 for other supplements helpful for cardiovascular conditions.
ISONIAZID
This drug is used to treat tuberculosis, or to prevent it in people who are exposed to the disease. | | Nutrient depleted: beta blockers deplete CoQ10 and reduce production of a hormone called melatonin. By blocking beta receptors, these medicines may also block the action of an enzyme needed to make this hormone, which is produced at nightfall and promotes sound sleep.
Needed supplement: Take 100-300 mg of CoQ10.
Centrally Acting Antihypertensives: alpha-methyldopa (Aldomet), clonidine (Catapres), and guanfacine (Tenex)
These drugs are less-used alternatives for hypertension than the other classes listed above. |
Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Today, cardiologists may recommend additional drugs, such as an ACE inhibitor or beta blockers, to help reduce some of the stress on the heart, allowing it to pump more effectively by relaxing arteries, reducing oxygen demand, and lowering blood pressure. But, although these drugs may improve symptoms and stabilize the situation, they don't get at the "heart of the matter" either. It's like giving aspirin for a headache: The pain is gone, but we may still not know why you had the headache: had the CAUSE of that headache been something we could address, then perhaps we could prevent another one. |
Bottom Line Health
See book keywords and concepts | | Others received beta blockers plus amiodarone, a drug that reduces arrhythmias, or abnormal heartbeats. (For more information about amiodarone, see page 192.) And a third group received sotalol, another anti-arrhythmia drug.
The risk of experiencing a shock during one year was 56% lower in the patients who got either the beta blocker-amiodarone combination or the sotalol treatment, compared with those who got a beta blocker alone. The beta blocker-amiodarone combination was the most effective, reducing the incidence of shock by 73%. |
Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | The combination of coenzyme Qiq and beta blockers works quite well in these situations.
Another group of drugs known to inhibit coenzyme Qi0-dependent enzymes is a class of psychotropic drugs including phenothiazines and tricyclic antidepressants. We often see patients in our practices with arrhythmia, congestive heart
Adverse Events Reported for Long-Term Usage of Coenzyme Qio in 5,000 Patients
Epigastric discomfort: 0.39 percent Decreased appetite: 0.23 percent Nausea: 0.16 percent
4. Diarrhea: 0.12 percent
5. Elevated LDH: rare
6. | | Like coenzyme Q10 and D-ribose, L-carnitine can safely and effectively be taken in combination with beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, nitrates, and ACE inhibitors, for a more full-spectrum approach to symptom relief.
So, for anyone with angina, it's possible to theorize that myocardial stores of carnitine may be diminished due to chronic, episodic bouts of ischemia. The supplemental use of L-carnitine by the anginal patient may also delay the shift from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism, preserving cardiac energy and enhancing heart function. | | The major classes of drugs used to reduce symptoms of coronary artery disease are nitrates, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, ACE inhibitors, and blood thinners, such as aspirin. Drug therapy certainly has a definitive place in the treatment of coronary artery disease, offering improved quality of life for many people with heart blockages who don't really need coronary artery bypass surgery. These medications also offer symptom relief to patients as they confront risk factors to slow down the progression of the disease. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  We do not need antidepressants, statin drugs, COX-2 inhibitors, beta blockers, or any other popular drugs. We certainly do not need drugs like Viagra, since its users likely only need the drug due to either poor nutrition or the fact that they are taking statin drugs, which interfere with their normal sex hormone production. In practically every case, it is quite appropriate to ditch the drugs with the supervision of a qualified health professional, and instead shift your lifestyle to become healthier.
If you still find yourself clinically depressed and in want of a quick fix, reach for St. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
See book keywords and concepts | | They should be used only very carefully in diabetics because beta blockers can mask the normal physiologic response to hypoglycemia. In patients taking beta blockers, blood glucose should be carefully monitored during the perioperative period. Coreg (carvedilol) is a beta blocker that has been shown to also have potent antioxidant activity (Cargnoni et al. 2000; Takusagawa 2000; Aru-manayagam 2001). The cardioprotective effect of carvedilol on the heart has been shown to be related to its antioxidant activity, as well as negative inotropic activity. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
See article keywords and concepts |  David Graham, appears responsible for the deaths of over 60,000 Americans, and further deaths due to beta blockers, antidepressant drugs, statins and other medications continue to mount by the hour.
The resulting FDA body count of American casualties makes the casualties of war look small in comparison. The Vietnam War claimed the lives of approximately 50,000 Americans (plus many more Vietnamese), and a memorial in Washington D.C. honors those who died. |
Luca Turin
See book keywords and concepts |  Same for the beta blockers you can take before your exams so you don't feel your engine room getting flustered by stress. Same for atropine, which dilates your pupils (acetylcholine antagonist), and so forth.
The point about agonists and antagonists is that they are similar molecules with different effects. The reason they are similar ultimately lies in the small difference in structure between an On receptor and an Off receptor. Like Roger Moore lifting one eyebrow to signal the highest degree of satisfaction, receptors barely move when fully turned on. |
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