Beta Blocker

And pianists and violinists who suffer from performance anxiety know well that if they dampen their heart's quickening with the "beta-blocker" propranolol, their playing will be steadied and their recitals improved. ❋ Paul McHugh (2011)

Then I moved on to my prescription medications, swallowing my antidepressant and my beta-blocker together because they were both round tablets. ❋ Jennette Fulda (2011)

This beta-blocker had kicked the headache out of my head and out of my mind, too. ❋ Jennette Fulda (2011)

Usually we would find this athlete was started on a beta-blocker which lowers heart rate, which can cause poor performance on the bike. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The beta-blocker had a bitter taste, so I tried to float it on top of the water, never allowing it to touch my tongue, but sometimes I choked and sucked on the nasty medication anyway. ❋ Jennette Fulda (2011)

I would be trying a new beta-blocker called nadolol and adding a tricyclic antidepressant called nortriptyline. ❋ Jennette Fulda (2011)

A Health Journal column on Tuesday incorrectly described Prazosin as a beta-blocker. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Caveat: The number of adverse heart-rate responses may have been reduced because 39% of the patients were on beta-blocker medication, researchers said. ❋ Ann Lukits (2011)

After more careful thinking out loud, he upped my dosage of nadolol, a beta-blocker, and increased my nortriptyline, a tricyclic antidepressant. ❋ Jennette Fulda (2011)

Cancer was detected in the sentinel or closest lymph node of 3.3% of beta-blocker patients and 19% of the non-beta-blocker group. ❋ Ann Lukits (2011)

• Atenolol, a beta-blocker used to treat cardiovascular disease ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Increase of 1-year mortality after perioperative beta-blocker withdrawal in endovascular and vascular surgery patients." ❋ M.D. Leo Galland (2011)

One type of drop, a form of beta-blocker, will “lower your heart rate, limiting your exercise capacity ….” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Medicare does publish extensive data about medical processes, such as whether a heart-attack victim was given an aspirin or a beta-blocker. ❋ Thomas M. Burton (2011)

[That dude] died from [smoking weed] and taking [beta blockers] at the same time. ❋ CirclePit4 (2009)

[The beta] [blocker] is only used by sick [fuckers]!!! ❋ Puckered Star Rider (2007)