How to Use beta-blocker in a Sentence
beta-blocker
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Women may face higher risks from beta-blockers.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2025
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But beta-blockers may be a promising treatment, the research shows.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Doctors put him on beta-blockers, but his symptoms didn't improve.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
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Why would women be more susceptible to harm from beta-blockers than men?
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
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Stay on medications called beta-blockers to help protect your heart.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
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Despite this, many patients who are stable years after a heart attack continue taking beta-blockers.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
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Participants were assigned to either take a beta-blocker or not, within two weeks of leaving the hospital.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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However, the benefit of using beta-blockers for heart attack survivors who make a stronger recovery is less clear.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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About half of the adults in the study were randomly assigned to stop taking beta-blockers, while the others continued their medications.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
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Many beta-blockers are generally affordable, costing around $20 or less for a month supply, but that can add up over a lifetime.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
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The new study also raises the question of exactly when might be optimal to discontinue beta-blockers, and that could vary by patient.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
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Combined alpha- and beta-blockers are used for the treatment of heart failure; they are sometimes prescribed for treating a hypertensive crisis.
—Craig O. Weber, Verywell Health, 4 Dec. 2025
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But doctors are taking a closer look at whether long-term beta-blocker use is really necessary, especially beyond the first year of recovery.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
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The adults, who had a median age of 63, had been receiving beta-blocker therapy for at least one year, with many of them taking either carvedilol, bisoprolol or nebivolol.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
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Some analysts have said aficamten has the potential to replace metoprolol, which belongs to a class of drugs called beta-blockers, as the first treatment given to patients with the heart condition.
—Bhanvi Satija, Reuters, 30 Aug. 2025
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For decades, beta-blockers have been commonly prescribed as a standard treatment for adults who have had heart attacks with no complications, and many people continue the medications for life.
—CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
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For several years now, celebrities have been singing the praises of propranolol, a beta-blocker originally designed for heart conditions which also helps with anxiety.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 22 Apr. 2026
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However, not everyone benefits from beta-blockers.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2025
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New research has found that beta-blockers — medications commonly prescribed to lower heart rate and blood pressure — did not offer clear benefits for certain heart attack patients.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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For anyone with a score below 40% after a heart attack, beta-blockers continue to be the standard of care due to their ability to calm heart arrhythmias that may trigger a second event.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
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Although each patient’s case is different, some doctors now argue that using beta-blockers for a year or two if needed rather than a lifetime could help people avoid unnecessary side effects and save money.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
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First, the presence of abundant fluorine atoms leads to strong intermolecular interactions with beta-blocker molecules.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
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Blood pressure and heart rate appeared to increase among the adults who discontinued beta-blockers, the researchers noted, but the group’s average systolic blood pressure stayed below 130.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
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This means that in some PoTS patients, beta-blockers can enhance dizziness and lightheadedness, as well as causing a number of other unwanted side effects.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
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Older beta-blockers and high-dose diuretics may slightly raise LDL cholesterol and lower HDL cholesterol.
—Jennifer Moll, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2025
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Ivabradine could therefore be an effective alternative medication for PoTS patients who do not respond well to beta-blockers.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
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The recent research excluded patients with extensive heart muscle damage because these patients are known to benefit from beta-blockers, according to Saba.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2025
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Those who need to be especially careful in the heat include the elderly, children, pregnant women and people taking certain drugs, such as psychotropic medications or beta-blockers to lower blood pressure.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 29 June 2026
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People taking diuretics, beta-blockers or any transdermal medication patches should check with a doctor first since heat significantly increases drug absorption through the skin.
—Allison Palmer updated June 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
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But collectively, the competitors were on some combination of 37 substances, including Adderall, beta-blockers, human growth hormone, and five forms of testosterone.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 25 May 2026
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