Re: HYVET stopped early

bigvince wrote:

Is it not true that several recent studies have shown that
atenelol ;one of the most widely used hypertension drugs actually may
increase mortality.

I don't think there are recent studies showing that taking atenolol for hypertension raises mortality, but perhaps I've missed something.

Meta-analyses of antihypertensive therapy with atenolol show that it reduces mortality compared with placebo.

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