Inderal (propanolol) has been used for anxiety disorders and phobias, particularly social phobias for some time. I think these articles and tv spots are bringing people to believe that this is some magic pill that will erase bad memories; it will do no such thing. Inderal is good medicine and mainly what it does, as a beta-blocker, is to limit the fight or flight response and lessen the emotional severity of a particular fear or trauma.
They should call the pill the Ex-Wife 5000
You’re right. I took Inderal years ago for migraine headaches (this was before better drugs became available). It did help with the migraines, but it slowed down my heart rate dramatically. I remember being a passenger in a car that narrowly avoided a horrific collision, and my pulse rate didn’t budge. Everybody else was rightly shaking with adrenaline; I could have a threaded a needle, no problem.