If I might add one thought... Beta Blockers do not make you play better so they wouldn't really be a "performance enhancing drug." The only thing that I can think of that makes you perform better is practice and preparation.
Stuart BTW many professional athletes use Beta Blockers and I havent seen a Congressional hearing on the legalities of that. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There's a new drug for anxiety that works every > time. It's called > Damital. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: horn@music.memphis.edu > Sent: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 1:12 AM > Subject: [Hornlist] Beta Blockers - > > Regarding William Botte's concern that beta > blockers > may be performance enhancing drugs similar to drug > enhancing drugs used by athletes, consider the > facts > that beta blockers lower blood pressure and reduce > the > rate of the pulse. Reducing blood pressure and > reducing the rate of the heart beat reduce the > body's > ability to perform. Strength and endurance are > reduced. Yes, nervousness can be reduced by these > drugs, but beta blockers are actually performance > dis-enhancers in the parameters considered > important > to athletes. > > I take a beta blocker to lower blood pressure, but > I > reduce the dose or delay taking the beta blocker if > I > have a heavy rehearsal or concert ahead of me due > to > the debilitating effects described above. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/billbamberg%40aol.com > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video > search, pictures, email > and IM. All on demand. Always Free. > > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/intrubul%40yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
