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Savage to young people who are getting support. >> we're both approaching to big 60. >> i take blood pressure medicine and martha's got beta blockers. >> but fortunately, we don't have to pay for it. >> you do. >> you young people are paying for our drungs and our doctors. >> not to mention our social security and our medicare when we go to boca. >> a and do you know why? >> because you don't vote. >> come on, martha, let's go find that levitra. >> the young and healthy paying for the sick, elderly and the uninsured. young people even are being forced to admit their tanking support for this an...

Effects, headache, dizziness, and the biggest risk is the risk of fall and pelvic fractures and bone fractures. also, if you look at the older population, they have 10, 15 medications. interaction with all of the medications and that's part of the reason. the other big news is instead of using beta blockers. now they're recommending using diuretics or water pills. especially in african-americans where high blood pressure is a big issue, those are the medications that would be the first line treatment. ultimately, lifestyle changes, exercise, and we'll talk more about that, should be an integra...

Recommend absolutely no drinking when it comes to painkillers. >> next, we have blood pressure medications. a lot of americans are on those. you need to stay away from alcohol. can you even have one drink with those? >> well, that's difficult to say. in general alcohol decreases your blood pressure so if you're taking hypertension medication, this can exaggerate the response. you may feel lightheaded, you may feel dizzy and you could pass out. i want to point out, beta blockers, they're a special class of blood pressure medication and alcohol decreases the effects that it has on it. so people ...

Oftentimes this operation and i talked to former president clinton about this stuff. the heart is stopped for a period of time. there are data looking at people months out and years out. curious what he had heard, what he had been counselled about and how it affected him. >> he is good about the one-word answers. >> too good. >> what about all the medication he might have been on, beta blockers. can't that affect judgment, mood? >> yeah, i mean, certainly. and that was something we talked about as well. but i will tell you, to your point, i mean, he really did give sort of very terse answers t...

There are data looking at people months out and years out. curious what he had heard, what he had been counselled about and how it affected him. >> he is good about the one-word answers. >> too good. >> what about all the medication he might have been on, beta blockers. can't that affect judgment, mood? >> yeah, i mean, certainly. and that was something we talked about as well. but i will tell you, to your point, i mean, he really did give sort of very terse answers to that.