The use of beta-adrenergic blockers has been negatively associated with increased joint pain and opioid use, as well as analgesic use, in patients with osteoarthritis (OA), according to a team of investigators in Britain.
Publishing in Arthritis Care & Research (2016 Oct 1. [Epub ahead of print]), the investigators reported that their results echo other recent findings, from animal models and human studies, that suggest that beta blockers are effective against pain.
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