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  • noun the first beta blocker (trade name Inderal) used in treating hypertension and angina pectoris and essential tremor

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Examples

  • The 14% of women who were taking propanolol — the beta blocker considered most likely to have a protective effect — had a reduced risk of recurrence.

    Blood pressure medications may raise risk of breast cancer recurrence 2011

  • More recent suggestions include bananas, the blood pressure drug propanolol, prickly pear, artichoke, sports glucose drinks and even the Australian sandwich spread Vegemite.

    Can you cure a hangover? 2008

  • More recent suggestions include bananas, the blood pressure drug propanolol, prickly pear, artichoke, sports glucose drinks and even the Australian sandwich spread Vegemite.

    Can you cure a hangover? 2008

  • Musicians use beta-blocker propanolol to prevent on-stage jitters, reports the New York Times.

    Mind Hacks: 2006-02-24 Spike activity 2006

  • Musicians use beta-blocker propanolol to prevent on-stage jitters, reports the New York Times.

    Mind Hacks: February 2006 Archives 2006

  • Yudofsky et al. 1092 also reported successful treatment by using propanolol for rage and violent behavior in patients with diffuse coarse brain disease.

    The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993

  • - Association with other drugs not advised (phenytoine), or to be monitored (propanolol theophylline ...).

    Chapter 4 1993

  • Nagels says the prescription drug propanolol Inderal can help with the shakes, but the best solution is to talk it out in therapy.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • Two years later, the team developed propanolol, which achieved Black's goals.

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2010

  • In the same approach he had used for propanolol, Black's team began searching for drugs that would block the H2 receptor.

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2010

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