PROPRANOLOL HCL Reviews (PROPRANOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 3.1 (38 Ratings)

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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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 5  Severe TBI,headaches for 29 years A little dry mouth but nothing else Stopped my migraines cold !!! Did not stop cronic headaches from TBI though. M 52 6 years
100 1X day
7/11/2012
 4  Anxiety Confusion. Works great for anxiety, but it does make it hard for me to gather my thoughts. I use this as an alternative of Klonopin which I have become physically addicted to. M 26 4 months
40 MG 1X day
1/1/2017
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 4  Anxiety Dizziness, and extreme tiredness This drug absolutely helps with anxiety I was taking 40mg 3times a day, but I think with this method you get a big hit of it within an hour the dizziness was quite bad , and I was beyond tired like I really had to lie down and sleep almost zombie like, but this does ease the longer you take it, but I switched to 120mg slow release taken once a day at bedtime this had a much better effect on how much I felt the side effects I found I wasn't so tired or dizzy during the day , overall I'm happy taking it , and happy not to be controlled by anxiety anymore, I noticed some reviews on here are bad but the people leaving some of those reviews have only taken it a few days some only 1 day that's totally ridiculous to leave a bad review after such a small amount of time you must give your body chance to adjust to a new med , look for reviews where people have been on it at least 2 months for an accurate account of how propranolol affects them any less is just plain stupid and misleading for those looking for helpful reviews M 35 6 months
120 1X day
6/1/2023
 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 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
 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
 5  High blood pressure and anxiety Dizziness, diarrhoea, nausea, insomnia, breaking out in very hot sweats . Side effects were quite bad for the first few weeks but calmed down and eventually went away after around 4 weeks, my blood pressure was super high induced by severe anxiety, I was literally spending my life in my house , tried this med as a last resort no other meds worked, the first 4 weeks were tough with side effects but I stuck it out and I'm so glad I did , the side effects went and I just feel calm , blood pressure is good and I can finally leave my house without all the horrible physical anxiety symptoms, it doesn't stop the emotional side of anxiety just the physical symptoms but those going away made my mind much calmer and I was finally able to get over the constant health anxiety that had plagued me for years , my advice is give it a try if you don't like it at least you tried, and if you do try it stick it out the rewards are worth it if it agrees with you , too many people give up after a couple of days and write bad reviews this is not helpful to others , you really do have to give it a fair amount of time , it's the best thing I've ever done glad I didn't listen to all the negative reviews. F 45 2 years
60 2X day
5/26/2023
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 5  Anxiety I was recently prescribed 40MG once a day to help treat my panic attacks before I wasn't taking anything for my anxiety I would experience a fear where I would think I'm going to die and become really paranoid of going out in case someone will harm me I would get a racing heart beat and start to sweat and shake it was a scary feeling I thought I was going to have a heart attack and every time I was in social situations I would start to feel my anxiety attacks coming on it is a scary experience having anxiety since being on this medication I feel more spaced out and relaxed and can control my anxiety very well I experience some common side effects these are slight dizziness when I stand up tiredness and mild nausea but apart from that I am having a good experience on this medication F 24 2 years
40MG 1X day
9/27/2020
 5  Panic attacks anxiety No side effects. I have been on these for many years and never had any problems. I started taking them as I suffered terrible panic attacks and severe anxiety when I was younger. I Used to take 2x80mg but a couple of years ago I weaned myself down to one in the morning. Just before Christmas I started feeling really anxious and had awful palpitations again so started taking two in the morning. I will reduce them soon as I am feeling better again. I have tried to come off them altogether but the anxiety is to much to cope with. F 64 24 years
80mg 1X day
1/8/2022
 5  High Blood Pressure, Migraines Difficulty breathing and shortness of breath if I accidentally take 2 per day. Severe migraine if I miss a dose. This drug has NORMALIZED my life. I suffer from crippling migraines and I have had none since I started on this. F 30 2 years
120 MG 1X day
3/10/2012
 5  Tachycardia Dizziness in the morning It totally controls my heart-rate, but if I miss a pill, it goes back up. F 26 1 years
6/5/2007
 5  Blood Pressure, tachycardia Mild emotional lethargy. Mild short term memory reduction. Slightly increased growth time for some body hair (longer eyelashes/eyebrow hairs/poil). Completely controls tachycardia and works fairly well with keeping BP in healthy zone. Greatly reduces troublesome PVC's. Eliminated unwanted emotional "highs and lows". Lowered need for daily Xanax used to control panic disorder. F 53 3 years
40 MG 2X day
3/28/2010
 5  rapid heart rate No side effects. I take 20mg three times a day. F 60 8 years
60mg daily
7/26/2013
 5  High B.P. & Essential Tremor Don't really notice any. Very pleased with this (5th) drug I've tried to control high blood pressure. It keeps my blood pressure at a normal level and controls my essential tremor, somewhat. I tolerate this medication very well. F 68 7 years
80 mg 1X day
8/1/2014
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 5  Headaches If I take it during the day it makes my eyes burn as I have chronic dry eye to begin with. Made me sweat terribly also. Seems like it makes it hard to lose weight.....I am going to go off it and see if thats the culprit. Totally gets rid of my headaches which I would wake up with if I take it at night. Works very well even at this low dose of 5mg. F 52 6 months
5mg 1X day
8/24/2014
 5  In youth, migraines, then BP In my 20s and 30s, 60mg propranolol ER made me dizzy, so I had to take low doses of the short acting version. Later, I also took it to reduce the intensity & cycle of panic attacks. Now, it GREATLY reduces the frequency & intensity of perimenopausal hot flashes in addition to slowing the progression of renal disease. Has been used very successfully used to treat PTSD, but that treatment has a specific protocol, INCLUDING at least 6 therapy sessions. F 51 10 years
160mg
7/10/2016
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 5  Palpitations/anxiety Cold hands/fingers Minor hallucinations I was experiencing severe palpitations every single day from the afternoon up until I'd fall asleep at night. They would distract me from work (I'm a medical assistant) and affect my relationship with my significant other. The palpitations were so severe that they would cause anxiety, which in turn would my my palpitations worse. Propranolol HCL has helped tremendously. I took approx 3 weeks to take effect, but it was so worth it. In the past 2 weeks, I've experienced my episodes only twice. From every day to twice in 14 days? DEFINITELY worth it. F 23 1.5 months
10mg 3X day
3/21/2017
 4  Anxiety Shortness of breath at first but this disappeared after a while, cold hands and feet, tiredness Absolutely amazing for controlling panic attacks, went from several a week to a few a month with much less severity, allows me to do all the things my panic attacks stopped me from doing for years! F 18 5 months
80mg/day
12/29/2018
 4  High Blood Pressure Tired during the day and difficulty going to sleep. Fitful sleep. I'm on a very low dose. Dr. wanted me to take 40 mg 2Xday. On that dose I was light headed, dizzy, and fell down a few times. I adjusted my own dose. Drs. go by what drug companies tell them; you have to be your own advocate. I have tried a myriad of BP meds and most have side effects I cannot (or will not) tolerate. So far this controls my BP with tolerable side effects. F 54 3 months
10 mg 2X day
9/12/2011
 4  Miagraine and Hand Tremors Hairloss Helped the migraines and the hand tremors somewhat. Doctors say it's good for the heart in the long run. When off for a few weeks and started getting head tension, so I started back. F 42 7 years
5/31/2006
  

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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