Heart Attack Survivors May Safely Stop Beta-Blockers After 1 Year: Study

A major study found that stable heart attack survivors who stopped taking beta-blockers fared no worse than those who continued.
Heart Attack Survivors May Safely Stop Beta-Blockers After 1 Year: Study
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A medication millions of heart attack survivors take every day for the rest of their lives may not need to be taken forever, according to a major new study.

The study found that going off beta-blockers within a year after a heart attack does not increase a person’s risk of having a subsequent heart attack or dying from other heart-related diseases.

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George Citroner reports on health and medicine, covering topics that include cancer, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions. He was awarded the Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence (MORE) award in 2020 for a story on osteoporosis risk in men.