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- From: M20614@mwvm.mitre.org (Hugh Pritchard)
- Subject: Re: Inderal vs. Inderal LA
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- References: <8398.2A715AA6@stjhmc.fidonet.org>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 12:01:35 GMT
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- In article <8398.2A715AA6@stjhmc.fidonet.org>
- Tom.Kashuba@f99.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Tom Kashuba), commenting on an earlier
- posting by Lora LeMosy, writes:
-
- > .... and [I] have tried just about every
- >preventive and suppressing drug (including Inderal) - except the Beta blockers
- >and related designer drugs which I'm leary of.
-
- Huh? Inderal (brand of propranolol) *is* a beta blocker!
-
- ["Beta blocker" is medical slang for beta-adrenergic receptor blocker: They
- BLOCK signals from the sympathetic nervous system which would otherwise
- stimulate adrenaline and adrenergic actions throughout the body -- well,
- actually, the beta(1) blockers work only on beta(1) receptors in cardiac
- muscle; most beta blockers also block beta(2) receptors, which occur in
- bronchial and vascular smooth muscle.]
-
- ** Hugh Pritchard, hapritch@mitre.org, 703/883-6616
-