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genisi

01/08/10 9:26 AM

#88655 RE: DewDiligence #88651

If it's a safer beta blocker it would make a good candidate for higher-risk hypertension patients (diabetes, obesity, CHF, COPD) and that's what FRX is trying to prove in many ongoing phase IV trials for Bystolic.


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poorgradstudent

01/08/10 10:18 AM

#88659 RE: DewDiligence #88651

>I wonder why anyone is still taking a beta blocker for lowering BP.<

For some people (like my father), antagonizing the angiotensin pathway (ACEi, ARB) doesn't work. For those people, beta-blockers aren't a bad option because they reduce cardiac output.