Re: Propranolol and Asthma
Originally Posted by
RVP
So I was given these meds as I didn’t want to take setraline.
Is it sertraline specifically, or SSRIs/antidepressants generally that you're worried about?
My Dr mentioned when I was 6 I had virus induced wheeze apparently a lot of kids get this? I’m now 30 but because she said I’m now scared to take it even though I don’t actually have asthma.
Propranolol wouldn't necessarily be ruled out even if you had asthma which seems very unlikely. There are about as many studies which found it helped asthma as there are saying it shouldn't be prescribed. Unfortunately, a lot of them have been small scale with only a handful of participants which can often produce these contradictory results.
I want to take something as my anxiety is terrible at the moment
ADs are a better long term bet than beta-blockers and the like as they act on the underlying physical cause (as do the cognitive/behavioural (CBT, REBT, etc) and mindfulness therapies).
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