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by AlecSchueler 1495 days ago
How can it be "completely safe" if it's affecting your heart rate and blood pressure? Those are pretty basic systems to tamper with and altering them in ways contrary to what signals your brain is sending is inherently going against the normal functioning of your body.
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Not sure how "Propranolol may cause heart failure in some patients" is considered safe.
And I’m not sure why propranolol would be continue to be prescribed, as it as been for 50+ years, for acute heart attacks if there was a substantial risk in the patients health deteriorating. It’s one of the oldest beta blockers in use.
Beta blockers block adrenaline, it's not particularly dangerous to do so.