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A member asked:

2 hours after taking 10mg propranolol. i get a sharp pain in the center of my back that lasts 2 sec. is it the beta blocker or something else?

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Propranolol: A 2sec. pain such as you describe is highly unlikely to have any relation to a medication.

Answered 10/20/2014

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