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> without consulting your personal physician first. Many meds, including > some for hypertension, need to be "weaned" off, not suddenly > discontinued. The reasons is, that some meds are so powerful that the > system becomes sort of "dependent" on the med. A sudden discontinuance > has landed many, many people in the hospital, believe me -- I have > counseled them. Please discuss it with your doctor before stopping. > Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD > Editor-in-Chief, Specifically, beta blockers can cause severe cardiac crisis when stopped suddenly. Rebound hypertension (where the BP goes from 110 to 250 systolic - top number) is just *one* of the major sider effects of sudden discontination of that class of drugs. ------ Mary Ann