Propranolol contains the active substance propranolol hydrochloride, which is part of the beta – blockers group.
Propranolol 40 mg tablets are used:
• in the management of hypertension;
• in the treatment of angina pectoris;
• in the prevention of other cardiac attacks, if you have passed one;
• in the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy;
• in the management of arrhythmias.
Propranolol tablets may also be used:
• in the prevention of severe headache (migraine);
• in the treatment of essential tremor;
• in the management of anxiety and anxiety tachycardia;
• as adjunctive treatment in the thyroid gland hyperactivity (thyrotoxicosis);
• in the treatment of hypertension caused by the tumour in the adrenal gland – phaeochromocytoma (only with an alpha-blocker);
• in the prevention of haemorrhage of the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract, in patients with hypertension in the liver and oesophageal varices.