Common Blood Pressure Drugs May Not Cut Colon Cancer Risk - YAHOO!

Beta blockers, which include drugs such as alprenolol, carvedilol, propranolol and atenolol, are commonly prescribed to older adults for high blood pressure and heart conditions. Prior research has also linked use of the drugs to a decreased risk of cancer.

Dollars and Sense, Baby and Bathwater: The Case for CAM Research - Huffington Post

As an example, in 2001 a paper was published in The Lancet demonstrating the benefits of a drug called carvedilol in heart failure. The study was conducted in roughly 2,000 subjects over a span of several years. At about the same time, in 2000, the Annals ...

Blood pressure drugs don't protect against colorectal cancer - EurekAlert

Even when the investigators broke down their analyses by duration of use of beta blockers, specific types of beta blockers, active ingredients (metoprolol, bisoprolol, carvedilol, and atenolol), and sites within the colon or rectum where colorectal cancer ...

2011 Performance Measures for Adults With Heart Failure : 1. Introduction - Medscape News

Beta-blocker therapy for LVSD (outpatient and inpatient setting) Percentage of patients aged ≥18 y with a diagnosis of HF with a current or prior LVEF of ≥40% who were prescribed beta-blocker therapy with bisoprolol, carvedilol, or sustained-release ...

Side Effect of Lisinopril - 1UP.COM

Some Beta Blockers are acebutolol (Sectral), atenolol (Tenormin), carvedilol (Coreg), metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol XL), nadolol (Corgard) and penbutolol (Levatol). Nerve signals to the heart are reduced, which slows the heart beat. That in turn lowers the ...

Ministroke calls for immediate treatment and continued follow up - Yuma Daily Sun

In December of last year, I fell and fractured my right hip and required a hip replacement. I was given lisinopril (Zestril) and carvedilol (Coreg) when I was in the hospital. Why I am taking blood pressure medicines, I don't know. The ear ...

Mum's wait to find out if son needs new heart - This is Sentinel

His mum Kelly Brotherton, aged 29, pictured with Blake, said: "He has been on a trial of medication called carvedilol. He started in January and has it every day. Every four weeks they increase the dose, so he has to spend the day at hospital in Birmingham ...

Ministroke needs quick treatment - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In December of last year, I fell and fractured my right hip and required a hip replacement. I was given lisinopril (Zestril) and carvedilol (Coreg) when I was in the hospital. Why I am taking blood pressure medicines, I don't know. The ear ...