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The Skeptics Guide #927 - Apr 15 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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How to Have a Stress Echo Cardiogram

Atenola is a beta blocker, which blunts my heart rate response. So I had to work extra hard to get my heart rate up to 137 before the test was over. A tenor wall does that? Yeah, it's a beta blocker. It can actually, in some people, a tenor wall is actually a partial agonist, so it's not as bad as some of the pure blockers,. Like Propranolol, for example, that can actually cause exercise intolerance because it blunts your exercise response.

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