Propranolol and depression
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 139 (1) , 92-94
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.1.92
Abstract
Three patients were discussed who had depressive episodes after administration of propranolol for medical illnesses. The depressive episodes were severe, occurred in a dose-dependent manner, and promptly remitted when propranolol was discontinued. Physicians'' awareness of this complication, especially in cases of patients with a history of depression, may reduce the occurrence of this drug reaction.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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