Propranolol can be recommended by your health care provider if you are recovering after a heart attack to improve survival. Other uses of this medicine include prevention of chest pain and migraines, as well as treatment of high blood pressure and certain types of tremors. Please make sure your doctor knows your full medical history – i.e. any diseases you have ever been diagnosed with. It’s important as it may affect the dosage you will be prescribed or you will need to have some additional lab tests done to make sure this medicine is safe for you to take. The following health conditions must be mentioned when you talk to your doctor: asthma, severe allergies, heart disease, thyroid problems, lung disease, diabetes, liver or kidney disease. In case of a planned surgery make sure your doctor knows that you are taking propranolol. This is important even if you are having a minor surgery, as the fact of you taking this medicine can affect the surgeon’s choice of drugs. To make sure your dosage is working properly for you tell the health care provider prescribing you propranolol about any other drugs you are using or are planning to use in the nearest future. Here is a list of medicines that deserve specific mentioning because they can affect your treatment and make it less efficient: high blood pressure medicines, medicines for the treatment of colds, pain medications, reserpine, vitamins, asthma or allergies meds, drugs for heart disease, and drugs for migraine headaches.
Brand names: Inderal, InnoPran XL, Apo-Propranolol, Propranolol Intensol, Propranolol Hydrochloride, InnoPran XL, Inderal LA, Avlocardyl, Avlocardyl Retard, Deralin, Dociton, Inderalici, Sumial
