Medically, what do Ba ta Blockers do?
Answer:
First, some background:
There are receptors in your body that deal with adrenaline-like substances (catecholamines), and we call those "adrenergic" receptors. Adrenergic receptors come in two main types: alpha and beta.
Alpha stimulation causes blood vessels to constrict and blood pressure to go up.
Beta stimulation causes the heart to beat faster and stronger, the lung smooth muscle to relax (good for asthma)
Beta blockers, then, do the opposite of beta stimulation - they make the heart rate and blood pressure go down, and make the heart work less, so it needs less oxygen (good for people with coronary artery disease). They can be dangerous for people with asthma, though.
Beta blockers are used to treat high blood pressure, high heart rates, congestive heart failure and other heart ailments.
Hope that helps.
When I took Beta Blockers I found it suppressed adrenaline, and kept my heart rate down.
I was glad to get off of them.
Beta blockers, right?
They prevent nerve cells from transmitting electrical pulses, which in turn prevents feeling in areas that require transmission from these cells to the brain.
In short, it is a "numbing" agent.
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