03 Oct, 2024
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What Happens To Your Blood Pressure When You Take Beta Blockers – Health Digest

Our body’s “fight-or-flight” response is fueled by adrenaline. This physiological stress response may have been helpful for early humans in avoiding death or danger, but can nowadays produce anxiety symptoms that interfere with job performance or quality of life. By blocking the release of adrenaline, however, beta blockers allow us to say goodbye to sweating, […]

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Robert Downey Jr. Said He Was On Beta Blockers During Golden Globes Speech. Here’s What They Are – Health Digest

Beta blockers can be taken when you’re anticipating performance-related anxiety, explained San Diego-based psychiatrist Dr. Sheldon Zablow (via USA Today). Adding that their effects begin within 10 minutes and last about three hours, Dr. Zablow shared, “You can take them situationally. If you can anticipate when you’re going to be anxious and you take it before, it can help […]