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.