Re: blood pressure pill nightmare

In article <t1bin4p27bhtuhfidhsadem3pps73t3ksv@xxxxxxx>,
zob <zobva1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:15:11 -0500, Bill <b2forewagner@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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Guess you know about this.

Bill
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HYPERTENSION
Reducing heart rate in hypertension is harmful?or is it just atenolol?
OCTOBER 22, 2008 | Lisa Nainggolan
New York, NY - Slowing the heart rate with beta blockers in people with
hypertension is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular
events and death, a new systematic review shows [1]. Furthermore, the
slower the heart rate, the greater the risk, report Dr Sripal Bangalore
(St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York) and colleagues in the October
28, 2008 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

What we show is that in hypertension, when you slow down the heart rate
with a beta blocker, it actually shortens your life.
Senior author Dr Franz Messerli (St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital) told
heartwire: "Slowing heart rate is known to prolong life expectancy, and
with beta blockers post-MI and in heart failure, the slower you can make
the heart rate, the better. But this new paper goes against the grain.
What we show is that in hypertension, when you slow down the heart rate
with a beta blocker, it actually shortens your life expectancy, it
causes more heart attacks, more heart failure, and more strokes."

That makes no sense whatsoever to me! Beta Blockers do more than slow
heartbeat, they also reduce blood pressure. So for the clown who
wrote that to say that "in hypertension" slowing the heart rate with a
beta blocker shortens your life expectancy is an oxymoron.

It's a bit
like saying that a fat person who diets will have their life
expectancy shortened by anorexia. It's not even logical.

Life is not logical get over it.

Once again I will write that your age say 60 + 100 over 100 was
considered normal before major drug interventions became the vogue .

Age 10 110/100
Age 20 120/100
Age 30 130/100
Age 40 140/100

Do you see the pattern??

The above study says trying for an ideal gets you the low numbers BUT
YOU DIE sooner.

Bon Appetite!


Bill

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Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA





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