Beta blockers are quite an old fashioned, (although effective), treatment for hypertension. We recently recieved some guidance from our medicines managment folks, to "review" our patients who were taking this class of drugs for hypertension. (Not to be confused with those who were taking it for other reasons, eg angina.)
The review involved bringing the patient in routinely and discussing alternative treatments which may be more effective, with less side effects. I must say, most patients had been taking this drug for years, without problems, and they chose to remain on it.
I've not heard of grapefruit juice interacting with beta blockers, but I know it can be a problem with other drugs used in this field, including statins and calcium channel blockers.
PS don't stop taking your meds without first chatting to your doc.
Cheers, ginge.
