More diabetics with heart disease will be taking a beta blocker
October 1997
More diabetics with heart disease will be taking a beta blocker.
The latest evidence is that beta blockers decrease mortality even MORE for diabetics...than for patients who don't have diabetes.
Physicians used to avoid using beta blockers in diabetics. They feared that beta blockers might prolong hypoglycemia...and more importantly, mask its symptoms.
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