Drugs designed to reduce the risk of heart problems have caused 800,000 deaths in a decade
Last updated at 07:29am on 14th May 2008
Some 800,000 deaths in the past decade may have been caused by drugs designed to reduce the risk of heart problems, a study says.
The use of beta blocker drugs before surgery to cut the risk of heart problems may be counter-productive, scientists found.
Researchers found patients given the drugs were a third more likely to die within a month of surgery than those given a dummy pill.
Those on the blood pressure-lowering drugs also had double the risk of having a stroke......
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