MedTap: Why beta-blockers in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
MedTap: Why beta-blockers in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
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3.84 -> Beta blockers are prescribed in heart
failure with reduced ejection fraction.
8.24 -> The three that we use are bizoprolol, libivolol
and carbodylol. You will start on a beta blocker
14.8 -> unless you're allergic or there's a
specific reason not to, such as severe asthma.
19.76 -> Beta blockers help control your heart rate and
rhythm. They prevent your heart from working too
24.48 -> hard and becoming weak. You may not always be
able to tell that your beta blocker is working
30.16 -> and they can often make you feel a
little worse when you start taking them.
34.08 -> It may take a number of weeks or months to notice
an improvement in your symptoms.
39.6 -> Beta blockers are key medications. They make you feel better,
reduce hospitalisations and make you live longer.
46.16 -> You will normally need to take a beta blocker
to support your heart for the rest of your life.
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