What is Propranolol?
Propranolol is a non-selective beta blocker used in the treatment of hypertension, angina, and other heart conditions. It was the first successful beta blocker in medicine.
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Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Other | 16 |
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2 | |||
| Migraine | 14 |
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2 | |||
| High blood pressure (Hypertension) | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| Tremors | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Anxiety | 2 | 0 | |||||
| tremor | 2 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Doctor's advice
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6 | 50% |
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Did not seem to work
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3 | 25% |
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Other
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3 | 25% |
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Side effects too severe
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2 | 17% |
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Course of treatment ended
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2 | 17% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 8% |
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Personal research
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1 | 8% |
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Patient Evaluations
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- tkvo64
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- tkvo64
- 80 mg daily
- since Mar 28, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Vision
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips I was on 80mg twice daily but that went up to 120 twice daily after my doctor appt. today See full evaluation
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- Impy Ann1
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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- Impy Ann1
- 40 mg daily
- since Dec 01, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Migraine
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips Taking this has reduced my migraines from constant to only on occasion. The last migraine I had was because I missed getting my scrip filled on time. I had t... See full evaluation
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- i'm a believer
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- i'm a believer
- 10 mg daily
- since May 09, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for hand tremors
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Side Effects
Moderate
- Advice/Tips Be aware that if you have lower blood pressure that it may cause it to drop even lower. I feel drowsy taking it and my BP was 100/54. I take it only as nee... See full evaluation
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Report created on November 21, 2009.