Posted by Elizabeth on July 18, 2001, at 8:53:40
In reply to beta blockers for anxiety/panic? , posted by gdog on July 17, 2001, at 15:14:03
> a friend just told me that she takes blood pressure meds - she called them beta blockers - for her anxiety associated with ritalin. she said they easily resolve the physical symptoms associated with anxiety, like palpitations, racing heart, shakes, etc.
That's exactly what beta blockers do, yup (they're also used to treat high blood pressure and certain cardiac arrhythmias; people with asthma generally can't use them). The most commonly used one is called propranolol (all their names end in -olol).
-elizabeth
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