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How to wean off Beta-blockers

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Sometimes beta blockers are used in a purely symptom control role such as for controlling anxiety or benign ectopics in people with normal hearts So if you are taking beta blockers it is always worth asking why you take them. There have also been reports of heart failure status worsening and blood pressure going up excessively.

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The three things that can go wrong with the heart

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Common conditions that can cause our pump to become defective are: A previous heart attack – a heart attack means that a part of the heart has died and therefore, the pump has in some way become weaker Heart valve disease – if our heart valves are abnormally narrowed then they make it a lot more difficult for the heart to pump blood out.