Posted by sdb on October 30, 2005, at 14:41:08
In reply to Re: astmatics beta blockers for perfomance anxiet, posted by Green Willow on October 29, 2005, at 18:50:53
Adrenaline will dilate (open) small blood vessels in the lung. Asthma bronchiale is a hyperreactive bronchial system with eosinophil inflammation. Mastcells will release histamin and bronchioli will be constricted. Adrenaline dilates blood vessels and is good for O2 oxygen saturation of blood in the lung what you need! Betablockers are scaling down the diameter of blood vessels because it blocks adrenaline.
There are different types of asthma. What type do you have? Asthma is life-threatening (!) Be carefull. You could ask your doc for a b2-mimetica in emergency. Discuss this with your doc.
~sdb
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