A. For decades, doctors prescribed anti-anxiety agents such as diazepam (Valium) or alprazolam (Xanax) to help patients ...

People taking two very common drugs have been warned that the effects can combine to trigger a fatal heart condition. 8.6 ...

The literature examining the utility of beta blockers in the setting of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) to limit infarct size has produced conflicting results within and across treatment eras. Animal ...

The largest clinical trial ever in chronic heart failure (HF) and the first head-to-head comparison of the effects of 2 beta-blockers on major outcomes has been reported by the investigators to show ...

Q: I’ve read beta blockers are being used for anxiety. I was given metoprolol for stage fright. It lasts only 12 hours and is better than atenolol, which lasts for 24 hours. I am an author.

In this edition of The People’s Pharmacy, Joe and Teresa Graedon also hear from a reader wondering why they only get heartburn after eating dinner.