Eight. Beta Blockers
Is your blood pressure rising?
The Center for Disease Control estimates that one in three American adults suffer from the “silent killer”—high blood pressure.107 Luckily, we have medications designed to help. Beta blockers work by reducing the effects of adrenaline, which can cause increased heart rate and higher blood pressure. Beta blockers can also help improve blood flow by opening blood vessels.108
107 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “High Blood Pressure,” May 2013 and Sung Sug Yoon, R.N., Ph. D.; Vicki Burt, R.N., Sc.M.; Tatiana Louis, M.S.; Margaret D. Carroll, M.S.P.H., U.S. Department of Health and Human ...
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