These Blood Pressure Medications Cause Stroke and Heart Attack

The main reason that doctors prescribe blood pressure medications is to avoid stroke and heart attack.

But a new study from Denmark has shown that one of the most common blood pressure medications can actually double your risk of stroke and heart attack.

By examining 55,000 patients and their histories, researchers showed that those who were taking beta-blockers were at an alarmingly higher risk of dying from stroke and heart attack during non-cardiac related surgeries.

Wait—what?

Aren’t these meds supposed to prevent those very complications?

Many years ago, doctors began prescribing beta-blockers (like metoprolol) to patients routinely before many types of surgery.

This was supposed to lower their blood pressure to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack during the surgery.

However, a trend became apparent over the years, which is why these doctors in Denmark wanted to study this. This trend was related to the troubling question on whether these drugs were causing more harm than good.

And it turns out that their suspicion was spot-on.

The study found that patients on beta-blockers had more than double the risk of suffering a major cardiac event during surgery, compared to their cohorts that were not on these medications.

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