Gourt > Health > Pharmacy > Drugs and Medications > P > Propranolol
Propranolol (INN) (IPA: ) is a non-selective beta blocker mainly used in the treatment of hypertension. It was the first successful beta blocker developed. Propranolol is commonly marketed by AstraZeneca under the trade name Inderal.
History and development
Scottish scientist James W. Black successfully developed propranolol in the late 1950s. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for this discovery in 1988.
Propranolol was developed from the early β-adrenergic antagonists dichloroisoprenaline and pronethalol. The key structural modification, which was carried through to essentially all subsequent beta blockers, was the insertion of an oxymethylene bridge into the arylethanolamine structure of pronethalol thus greatly increasing the potency of the compound. This also apparently eliminated the carcinogenicity found with pronethalol in animal models.
More on [ Propranolol ]
Beta Blockers :: Drugs and Medications
DrugDigest: Propranolol ( Inderal ) - Information on dosage, usage, side effects, interactions, and drug comparisons, including generics when available.
Inderal - Propranolol HCl. Prescribing information and warnings for US residents in PDF format. [Acrobat Reader required]
Inderal LA - Propranolol HCl. Prescribing information and warnings for US residents in PDF format. [Acrobat Reader required]
Inderide - Propranolol HCl and hydrochlorothiazide. Prescribing information for US residents in PDF format. [Acrobat Reader required]
Inderide LA - Propranolol HCl and hydrochlorothiazide. Prescribing information for US residents in PDF format. [Acrobat Reader required]
| collective haul PT.2 - drugstore | |
| Next Video | |
