Klarinet Archive - Posting 000608.txt from 1999/04

From: Nancy Buckman <znjb@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Beta blockers
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 03:08:10 -0400

Dear Doc,

Never say never! I am an asthmatic and I take 25mg of atenolol twice a day
for an arrythmia problem. I AM under the supervision of a cardiologist and
a pulmonologist. I've been taking this for six years and it works very well
for me.

Nancy

At 11:00 PM 4/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I AM a doctor, and I even wrote a paper on Beta Blockers & stage fright
>for a double reed journal, maybe 15 years ago...
>
>A single dose of BB is more innocuoous than a beer or a joint, and will
>keep your mind keener. However, I would advise the unsupervised use of
>BBs only for a brief time, a single concert here and there. I have
>used a minimal dose of Inderal, a shortacting BB, for concerto
>performances just to keep my reed from drying up, and for oral
>examinations and courtroom depositions in front of mean lawyers (a
>redundancy, I realize). But I did not use BBs in my most recent
>concerto or trial (having run out), and I did fine in both.
>
>If you need BBs for prolonged use, see a doctor and be supervised. BBs
>can indeed bring on asthma (and should NEVER be used by an asthmatic,
>even with supervision), cause depression, impair cardiac performance in
>persons with unusual arrhythmias, aggravate the management of diabetes
>(although not cause it outright) and cause...dare I say it?
>.....impotency.
>
>So, might the Ideal Medicated Performer use Inderal to control his
>nerves, and Viagra to give him more passion in his playing? Just a
>joke...
>
>Robert Howe, Musician and MD (Oboe/Gyn)
>
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Nancy E. Buckman
Pasadena, Maryland USA
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