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A 27-year-old male asked:

Scared to start propranolol, read it can cause heart attack and death. should i be concerned at my age?

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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered

Psychiatry 27 years experience

Propranolol: "Abrupt cessation of propranolol therapy may result in hypertension, myocardial infarction,& angina pectoris in some patients." < than 0.1% for Anaphylaxis. REF: https://www.drugs.com/sfx/propranolol-side-effects.html ** Propranolol Overdoses have caused death, seizure, cardiovascular collapse, hypoglycemia, coma & respiratory depression. REF: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/866746

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Dr. Heidi Fowler commented

Psychiatry 27 years experience

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If you don't plan to take an overdose or to abruptly cease tx - I would think that you would not be likely to have signficant risk from having a heart attack or to die from this. The problem with reading about things on the internet is that sometimes it can scare you unneccesarily. Take care.

Sep 16, 2017

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