The recent AHA study originally established to link depression to beta-blockers, since it is the most frequently reported mental health side effect, but it stumbled over sleep complications during the course of the study. The researchers were finally unable to find any link between depression and beta-blockers.
“Our results indicate that concerns about adverse mental health events, especially depression, should not affect the decision about beta-blockers. Beta-blockers are generally safe with regard to psychological health,” the study’s author Reinhold Kreutz, MD, PhD, professor at the Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, said in a statement. “We found no indication of an association between the use of beta-blockers and depression. The same was true of most other mental health symptoms.” And for the most up-to-date information, sign up for our daily newsletter.