February 2023 - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association

HCMA/Nest Portal – HCMA Founder introduces you to a new way to get educated and stay engaged

By Lisa | February 28, 2023

We were excited to announce on HCM Awareness Day 2023 our new partnership with Nest Genomics, a provider of services that helps educate patients to achieve the best outcomes in care and shared decision-making. As the HCMA grows, we must find new ways to provide personal attention and scale up to the larger community we…

Problems with generic metoprolol

By Gordon Fox | February 5, 2023

Many HCM patients have issues with metoprolol, the beta-blocker most widely prescribed for HCM. There may be multiple reasons for this, but a key one has been known for some time: many generic formulations of metoprolol succinate have time-release mechanisms that do not work in a similar fashion to the brand-name Toprol XL.