Propranolol and metoprolol are both beta-blockers used to treat heart conditions. Propranolol can be used for anxiety and migraine prevention, among other conditions. Metoprolol is used to help with ...

WASHINGTON -- A retrospective analysis of close to 40,000 men with high-risk prostate cancer treated at Veterans Affairs (VA) health systems found no association between beta blocker use and a ...

During a shortage of metoprolol succinate extended-release (ER) tablets about a decade ago, use of any beta-blockers after MI declined, but population-level patient outcomes did not seem to suffer, a ...

Beta blockers have been shown to prolong survival in chronic heart failure. It is currently a matter of debate whether any β blocker is superior to the other in terms of improving symptoms, left ...

The largest clinical trial ever in chronic heart failure (HF) and the first head-to-head comparison of the effects of 2 beta-blockers on major outcomes has been reported by the investigators to show ...

A drug costing less than 2 euros per dose could reduce the long term consequences of a heart attack, benefitting millions of patients. Metoprolol, a member of the beta-blocker class of drugs that has ...

Beta-adrenergic blocking drugs were thefirst agents shown in large clinical trials toimprove the outcomes of survivors of acutemyocardial infarction (MI). Lower mortalitywas observed in the group ...

The researchers were able to determine hospitalization risk for composite CV outcomes (myocardial infarction (MI), congestive heart failure (CHF), stroke and angina) as well as risk for individual ...

One way or another, beta blockers are always in the news. Take, for instance, Los Angeles Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh, who revealed in October that he's part of a growing group of Americans who ...