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If an elderly person with chf suddenly stopped taking bisoprolol 2.5 mg daily but stayed on lasix (furosemide) then what adverse potential affects could this have apart from possibly increasing bp? this is only a hypothetical question.

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Bp: it would depend on more information about the hypothetical elderly person

Answered 10/25/2014

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