TY - JOUR T1 - Beta-blockers for hypertension: Are they going out of style? JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 533 LP - 542 DO - 10.3949/ccjm.76a.09030 VL - 76 IS - 9 AU - Qi Che AU - Martin J. Schreiber, JR AU - Mohammed A. Rafey Y1 - 2009/09/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/9/533.abstract N2 - Although beta-blockers lower blood pressure in most patients, the outcomes of clinical hypertension trials of these drugs have been disappointing, and the value of beta-blockers in treating hypertensive patients who do not have compelling indications for them has been questioned. Until these drugs are proved beneficial, they should be used as antihypertensive therapy only in patients with compelling cardiac indications for them or as add-on agents in those with uncontrolled or resistant hypertension. ER -