"Todd" > wrote in message
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> On 07/18/2013 01:59 PM, bigwheel wrote:
>> 'Julie Bove[_2_ Wrote:
>>> ;1849658']"Todd" lid wrote in message
>>> ...-
>>> On 07/15/2013 10:55 AM, Billy wrote:-
>>> 'theheart.org: trusted cardiology news and opinions'
>>> (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.
>>
>> Contraindicated huh? Dang we have some big words floating around
>> here..lol. Down around Robistown over There..the folks would say...They
>> aint muy stalweirner worth a caca. lol.
>
> Hi Big,
>
> I have seen "contraindicated in diabetics" thrown around a lot.
> When you read the "why", it is usually something like they
> are "hypoglycemic". For us NIDDM's, I have one word. YIPEE!!!
>
> Any reason given in your wife's research?
>
> -T

It's contraindicated because it can raise BG and *cause* diabetes. It can
also mask the symptoms of hypos.