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.
Nephrology department, Bordeaux, France
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Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Shriners Hospitals for Children, Galveston, Texas, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Seould National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital (LBJ), Houston, Texas, United States
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