Propranolol is a racemic mixture of 2 enantiomers where the S(-)-enantiomer has approximately 100 times the binding affinity for beta adrenergic receptors. Propranolol is used to treat a number of conditions but most commonly is used for hypertension.
Propranolol was granted FDA approval on 13 November 1967.
Propranolol is indicated to treat hypertension. Propranolol is also indicated to treat angina pectoris due to coronary atherosclerosis, atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction, migraine, essential tremor, hypertrophic subaortic stenosis, pheochromocytoma, and proliferating infantile hemangioma.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
IEEM Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Kafr Elsheikh University Hospital, Kafr Ash Shaykh, Egypt
University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States
Kafr Elsheikh University Hospital, Kafr Ash Shaykh, Egypt
Social Neuroscience and Health Laboratory, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, København, Denmark
Ismail Gögenur, Køge, Denmark
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