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Re: [RC] drugs/weg - Chris Paus

Gotta agree with Heidi here. I was on Beta Blockers
for nearly a year in 2004. I never felt so slow and
sluggish in all my life and gained 8 pounds I didn't
need to gain.

My doctor finally switched me to another BP med that
is not a beta blocker and I have much more energy and
have lost that 8 pounds in a month!

They work by keeping the heart rate artificially low
which in turns means it WON'T get up to aerobic
capacity. It's a real catch 22 for active humans with
BP problems... 

I don't know how it affects horses, but it's
guaranteed to turn an active human into a slug.

chris
--- heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


one from getting the heart rate UP enough to

perform

any sort of
stupendous athletic feats.  Somehow I can't even
begin to imagine a horse
on sufficient doses of beta blockers to impact the
recovery rate being
able to run a sub-8 100-miler...

Heidi





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