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BBC NEWS | Health | Surgery beta blockers up risk
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May 13, 3:39am
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More mixed blessings from Big Pharma.
From the page:
"The use of beta blocker drugs before surgery to cut the risk of heart problems may be counter-productive, a study suggests.
Researchers found patients given the drugs were a third more likely to die within a month of surgery than those given a dummy pill.
Those on the blood pressure-lowering drugs also had double the risk of having a stroke.
The study, by Canada's McMaster University, appears in The Lancet.
Although use of the drugs did reduce the risk of a heart attack following surgery, the researchers concluded that on balance they did more harm than good.
They estimate use of the drugs before surgery may have contributed to at least 800,000 deaths worldwide in the past decade. "
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