PROPRANOLOL HCL Reviews (PROPRANOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE)

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PROPRANOLOL HCL  (PROPRANOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE):  This medication is a beta blocker used to treat high blood pressure, irregular heartbeats, shaking (tremors), and other conditions. It is used after a heart attack to improve the chance of survival. It is also used to prevent migraine headaches and chest pain (angina). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. Preventing chest pain can help improve your ability to exercise. This drug works by blocking the action of certain natural chemicals in your body (such as epinephrine) that affect the heart and blood vessels. This effect reduces heart rate, blood pressure, and strain on the heart.   FDA Approval Date: 1985-07-30 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 1  High blood pressure Headaches, dizziness, insomnia, weight gain , constipation,severe pain in the right calve ,non stop itching all over, nausea, stomach pain, overwhelming sudden heat and sweating, depression. Currently tapering off this med it's been so awful , none of the side effects are going away just getting worse every week, I feel so bad I want to sleep constantly these tablets suck the life out of you , I'm depressed getting fat , feel like I'm crawling in flea's because of the constant itchy skin and I'm a hot sweaty mess it's not working or worth it for me , it's not done a great deal for my blood pressure either I wish my doctor had told me if I started this med if I wanted to stop it would be a slow taper to get off it , I've glad once I'm done with it and also not only do you have to taper slowly the withdrawal is horrible, nasty med and won't touch it again M 43 6 months
120 1X day
7/21/2023
 1  Adrenaline Extremely tired, dizzy spells worse. Sick and feeling sick very slow breathing which caused me anxiety. Really bad pressure feeling in head like a silent headache. Rather deal with the adrenaline than the side effects F 31 7 days
80mg 1X day
7/2/2023
 1  Prescribed for anxiety Feeling heart beat in my ears, hot and cold flashes all over my body, muscle spasms, cramps. This crap caused more anxiety than it helped. My doctor refused to prescribe the 1 mg Ativan that I had used in the past with no problem because she thinks everyone is an addict. This stuff should not be prescribed for anxiety!! F 45 1 days
10 MG 1X day
10/15/2022
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 1  Migranes Horrible drug. Insomnia, eyes hurt, itchy. Anxiety worsened. Palpitations. Heart pain. Hands and feet hurt. Rash on foot. Palpitations and hear pain still there but seem to be subsiding after two weeks of tapering off. F 66 2 months
40 mg 2X day
8/12/2020
 1  Anxiety Hypoglycemia.. It almost killed me. I abruptly stopped taking it. I know that I wasn't suppose to do that but I take my diabetes very seriously and would rather deal with my anxiety in a more natural way. If you're taking it for anxiety, please find a better solution. F 30 4 days
20mg 1X day
7/5/2020
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 1  Essential tremor and high blood pre Only lowering bp some and whole body shaking Been taking 20mg propranolol for 15 years. When I went in to fill my 2015 script I was told the generic I was taking was discontinued, and needed to buy the new generic propranolol at 10x's the price. The 20mg was no longer working to lower bp. Last doctor said I should take 60mg. At 40mg I developed whole body shaking. Every time I reduce to 15mg or stop taking it, the tremor stops. Now doctor says it is from my thyroid meds. Been on same thyroid since 2011, and prior to new generic propranolol, never got shaking from the thyroid meds. In 2016 was able to get a hold of 30 days of old stock propranolol, and at 40mg Inderal LA, bp down and no shaking. F 66 2 years
40Mg
3/19/2017
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 1  Hypertension Terrible headache. Nothing I take to get rid of headache from this drug works. My eyes hurt bad as well. I was given 40mg taken twice daily but started slow with only 20. Thank God. The other dose would have been deadly. My head is killing me and we feel it's this drug. Going off this today and back to Topral 25mgs x2 per day. I had high hopes for this new drug working better to lower BP but side effects are bad. I'll give Topral a longer chance F 40 7 days
40 Bid
8/3/2016
 1  GAD RAPID weight gain, hair loss, lethargy. It slowed down the heart rate a bit, but it also slowed down everything else! After 6 months of watching my weight go up (weekly!) no matter what I did and experiencing the other horrible side effects I listed, I finally gave up and weaned off of this drug. Don't take this if you don't want to gain weight quickly, lose hair, and feel tired all the time! It's not worth it! F 58 6 months
30 1X day
8/2/2016
 1  Migraine Headaches Severe headaches, memory loss, vivid dreams, chest and jaw pain, lethargic F 42 14 days
8/28/2007
 2  Anxiety leading to insomnia Random adrenalin discharges, severe anxiety (sense of dread/impending doom), insomnia with panic attack (jolting), tachycardia, high blood sugar level, hypokalemia, high Blood Pressure. Plz taper it if you stop. Worked wonders when I took it, but had to stop because I couldn't do sports. Messed up my whole system 36 hours after I stopped. Sent to ER with every symptoms described. Took 33 days for random discharge to stop, 12 more for Anxiety and insomnia, 3 more for random blood sugar level spikes. Tachy took almost 2 month to finally normalize. 3 month later still hypokalemia and slightly high BP. Unlucky user with adverse effect after short use. M 36 5 days
40 MG 1X day
9/28/2023
 2  Panic attacks I have had dizziness feeling drunk like I'm gonna faint out of breath the first 2 days. feelings of more anxiety. I'm gonna phone my doctor to take me off them. They relax the heart slow it down but I still felt shaken and sweaty they made me more anxious I'm gonna choose a more natural way of combating the anxiety. I used to have asthma and it says you shouldn't have it if you have asthma so that's at the back of my mind I don't know why my doctor prescribed me these. M 32 4 days
40MG twice 2X day
4/2/2023
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 2  Anxiety Constantly shaking ,fast heartbeat if not taken on time Wouldn't recommend it F 68 11 months
10 mg 1X day
12/11/2022
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 2  Essential tremor, anxiety, high BP Insomnia, severe depression, fatigue, no energy, bleeding gums For tremor, anxiety and resultant high BP, my 60-mg propranolol ER dose did not work nearly as well as my husband's 80-mg LA dose which I previously had taken sporadically before I got my own prescription. Also, taking my own 60-mg dose on a regular daily basis gave me EXTREME insomnia. I could only sleep 4 hours a night no matter how tired I was. I tried an Ativan pill to conquer the insomnia, and it worked, but I just don't have enough Ativan pills to be using them every night for insomnia, not to mention the addiction potential of Ativan. The propranolol and resultant extreme fatigue/insomnia worsened my underlying depression significantly to the point where I just quit taking daily propranolol after about two weeks and got motivated to make an appointment with my MD to be put on an antidepressant which I needed anyway. I'm reverting back to just taking regular propranolol, not ER or LA, on an as needed basis and will explore other options for the essential tremor and periodic hypertension brought on by anxiety. F 51 2 weeks
60 mg ER 1X day
4/20/2010
 2  High BP Swollen eyelids and conjunctivitis symptoms. Suffered for 10 months, going to eye doctor after eye doctor and no longer being able to wear contacts. Mentioned to my BP doctor and she immediately identified the above as side effects of porpranolol. She took me off the med and my eyes were finally back to normal. F 35 1 years
60mg 1X day
4/4/2010
 3  Tachycardia Headaches, fuzzy head, lightheaded, sudden hot sweats, painful muscles and joints, constipated, nausea, bloated, rapid weight gain, itching, severe fatigue, worsening of existing psoriasis. This worked well to control my tachycardia which was caused by a combination of high blood pressure and anxiety, I felt awful the first few weeks and wanted to give up as some symptoms eased new ones started and every week I stayed on it more side effects began and got much worse, I see reading these comments psoriasis is mentioned unfortunately this has happened to me , was completely controlled now I’ve got it breaking out everywhere that was the final straw and I decided to wean off , not off it completely I’m down to 40mg a day but can’t wait to finially be off it, I’m overweight now too tired to be bothered to do anything and feel so unwell it’s just not worth taking it , I basically feel worse than before I started it , I’m yet to find anything that treats high blood pressure and tachycardia that doesn’t make you feel like dear F 50 3 months
120 1X day
8/3/2023
 3  High blood pressure and anxiety Fatigue, dizziness, aching muscles and joints, weakness, hot flushes and intense sweating, blood pressure all ove the place, heart rhythm erratic, insomnia, weight gain in a very short space of time, depression, jittery, mood swings, worsening of psoriasis. I really wanted this to work for me , I've stuck it out for 2 months and it's just not worth it, the side effects are terrible and getting worse I had a brief period where after 5 weeks I felt it was helping I felt slightly better with anxiety, fast heart was calming down and bp was reasonable but it only lasted 4 days and I was back to all of the above because I've been on it for 2 months and a total of 120mg a day I've now got to taper slowly off it , I'm dreading how my heart rate is going to hold up , guess I've got to get on yet another med to control bp and heart rate , as for the anxiety I don't know what to try done all of the anti depressants and they are all awful, I'm very disappointed no one told me it would make my psoriasis worse been controlled for 20 years can barely tell I have it , 2 months on this and it's breaking out every where do be careful if you have a skin condition, I'm very upset about this I've now got to get my skin under control. F 51 2 months
40 3X day
7/13/2023
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 3  Racing heart and high blood pressure Lightheaded, loose stools, stomach ache, heavy weak legs, bad nausea. Most of these went away after a couple of weeks once my body adjusted, the lightheaded feeling and nausea still happens on and off but much more mild . Started taking this after every bp med caused me horrible side effects and I mean horrible mostly severe anxiety, started propranolol because it doesn't cause anxiety also other bp meds were not controlling my bp and were causing tachycardia, my heart rate was literally racing all day from day one on propranolol my heart rate is normal, a bit low on resting at 52 but doctor says that's fine , my heart rate was going to 180 just walking from my bed to the toilet, my bp is also within a normal range now was 170/101 but now 125/84, there are side effects but I'm hopeful they will subside the worst is the nausea it was really bad the first 2 weeks but isn't so noticeable now , with any drug you have to weigh up what is acceptable to tolerate, personally I couldn't live with my heart racing and very high bp that would inevitably cause heart damage or a stroke , the side effects I get on propranolol is worth the trade, and they are more acceptable that what I got off all the other bp meds , people rarely leave good reviews but not every drug is terrible, and everyone is different what is poison to one may be a cure for another, F 53 2 months
40mg x 3 3X day
5/22/2023
 3  Migraine, very high blood pressure Extreme weight gain!!! I always have weighed between 115-120 and I have always been In the gym about 5 days a week and eat very healthy. And in these 5 months my weight went up to 163!!!!!! I couldn't walk breathe or even get up from sitting down because of the weight gain! I felt like I was going to die from the weight gain and I couldn't lose the weight it just kept coming on. I found out it's a beta blocker and stopped it immediately and lost 6 pounds in the first week!! My dr thought I had a thyroid issue and I said I knew it wasn't just as my results came back good. It was the medicine. I am very disappointed I loved how it worked for my migraines because when I first took it my migraine disappeared within about an hour and I live with 24/7 headaches or migraines that make you literally get sick for a few days. It helped great with my blood pressure which was always around 160- 184/70 which was normal for me. I had no other side effects besides the untreatable rapid weight gain F 40 5 days
40mg 1X day
4/1/2021
 3  Anxiety, high blood pressure Numb feeling feeling off and little trouble breathing.cold hands and feet It seems to work ok the first couple hours then it's like nothing F 32 6 days
20mg 2X day
11/30/2020
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 3  PVC's, SVT Caused breathing problems, pvc's, switched to Atenolol and that works much better. Inexpensive. F 37 1 years
50 or 100? 1X day
4/29/2011
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PROPRANOLOL HCL  (PROPRANOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE):  This medication is a beta blocker used to treat high blood pressure, irregular heartbeats, shaking (tremors), and other conditions. It is used after a heart attack to improve the chance of survival. It is also used to prevent migraine headaches and chest pain (angina). Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. Preventing chest pain can help improve your ability to exercise. This drug works by blocking the action of certain natural chemicals in your body (such as epinephrine) that affect the heart and blood vessels. This effect reduces heart rate, blood pressure, and strain on the heart.   FDA Approval Date: 1985-07-30 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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