"Todd" > wrote in message
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> On 07/15/2013 10:55 AM, Billy wrote:
>> <http://www.theheart.org/article/913561.do>
>>
>> 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.
>> (cont.)
>
>
> Take a look at Hawthorn Berries as a mild sub for beta
> blockers.

Beta Blockers are contraindicated in diabetics.