Propranolol

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1. Indication:

  • Treats high blood pressure, angina, and atrial fibrillation.
  • Prevents migraine headaches.

2. Instruction to use (How is this drug best taken):

  • Take your medicine as directed.
  • Extended-release capsule: Swallow the capsule whole. Do not crush, break, or chew it. Take at bedtime.
  • This medicine may be taken with or without food, but always take it the same way each time.
  • Missed dose: Take a dose as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next dose, wait until then and take a regular dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up for a missed dose.
  • Store the medicine in a closed container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light.

3. Drug-Drug Interaction:

Tell your doctor if you are using any of the following medicines:

  • Bupropion, chlorpromazine, cimetidine, ciprofloxacin, digoxin, dobutamine, enoxamine, epinephrine, fluconazole, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, montelukast, paroxetine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifampin, theophylline, thioridazine, or ticlopidine.
  • Blood thinner (including warfarin).
  • Medicine to lower cholesterol (including cholestyramine, lovastatin, pravastatin).
  • Medicine to treat depression (including MAO inhibitor, TCAs).
  • Medicine to treat heart rhythm problems (including propafenone, quinidine).
  • Medicine to treat migraine or headaches (including rizatriptan, zolmitriptan).
  • NSAID pain or arthritis medicine (including aspirin, diclofenac, ibuprofen, naproxen, celecoxib).
  • Other blood pressure medicine (including clonidine, diltiazem, nicardipine, nifedipine, nisoldipine, prazosin, verapamil).
  • Steroid medicine.

4. Side effects

May include bradyarrhythmias, cold extremities, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, insomnia, paresthesias, dyspnea, and wheezing

5. Precaution

This medicine may cause the following problems:

  • Chest pain
  • Dark urine or pale stools, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, stomach pain, yellow skin or eyes
  • Lightheadedness or fainting
  • Slow, fast, or irregular heartbeat
  • Swelling in your hands, ankles, or feet, trouble breathing, tiredness