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Is Beta Blocker Use By Musicians A Form Of Doping? - Opinion PDF Print E-mail
Tales From The Podium
Written by Chad Criswell   
Beta Blocker Skeletal ModelIn professional and amateur sports there are serious rules about using performance enhancing drugs.  Across the world using such drugs is considered a cheat and getting caught using them carries a stigma that is incredibly difficult to overcome.  The musical world has no such rules and probably a more colorful history than most professions in this regard, but a new kind of drug is slowly creeping into the music education arena.  The use of the drug combats one of the most common ailments of all musicians, performance anxiety or stage fright.  The drug?  A type of prescription pharmaceutical known as a beta blocker. 
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