Just heard on the CBC that professional musicians in many orchestras have used beta-blockers for decades to be able to maintain their performance level, the idea being to lower their heart rate.
Strangely enough, the three musicians who have spoken out and were interviewed by the Radio-Canada journalists are all trumpeters.
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Topic - Doping in the world of music - middleground 08:43:10 09/23/14 (18)
- My wife used beta blockers for one performance - Chris from Lafayette 20:13:47 09/23/14 (2)
- "I just don't get that nervous anymore." - tinear 08:08:56 09/28/14 (1)
- You're coming down here from Oregon? - Chris from Lafayette 11:59:18 09/28/14 (0)
- RE: Doping in the world of music - learsfool 19:37:23 09/23/14 (0)
- RE: Doping in the world of music - fstein 19:35:01 09/23/14 (0)
- Beta blockers are common in classical musicians - andy evans 13:52:59 09/23/14 (1)
- RE: Beta blockers are common in classical musicians - mkuller 08:37:09 09/26/14 (0)
- Doping? - Amphissa 12:01:45 09/23/14 (4)
- If they enhance performance than doping is an appropriate word . . . - risabet 13:33:04 09/25/14 (1)
- They don't make you play better so not PEDs - andy evans 07:41:08 09/26/14 (0)
- RE: Doping? - middleground 16:15:59 09/23/14 (1)
- RE: Doping? - Amphissa 20:37:31 09/23/14 (0)
- RE: Doping in the world of music - Analog Scott 10:07:50 09/23/14 (0)
- Violinists were and perhaps are the worst offenders - John Marks 10:01:47 09/23/14 (4)
- Exactly -- no big deal at all. Some guys get nervous even tho they're pros. nt - Rick W 11:20:27 09/23/14 (3)
- RE: Exactly -- no big deal at all. Some guys get nervous even tho they're pros. nt - rbolaw 12:03:47 09/23/14 (2)
- Agree. - Rick W 23:28:01 09/23/14 (1)
- +1: Agree. - andy evans 12:22:35 09/24/14 (0)