“Remember too if you are now or were at one time asthmatic to avoid all beta-blocker drugs. The prototype of the group is Inderal. Others are marketed in the United States under the following names: Blocarden, Visken, Lopressor, Tenormin, Corgard and Sectral. These medications are very widely used in the treatment of several common conditions including angina pectoris, irregularities of heart rhythm, high blood pressure, overactive thyroid, migraine, stage fright, hand tremors and in eye-drop form for glaucoma (Timoptic),” Rosenfeld explained.

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