[okkev68]

I started on a mild dose of Toprol 2-1/2 years ago for borderline high blood pressure and PVC's due to stress. It is amazing how much better I feel. Toprol combined with losing 25lbs and becoming a runner has made a huge difference.

I really noticed a difference in flying. I can sleep the night before a flight and actually relax (to some degree)on a plane now.

I am not a big advocate of medicating away problems, but stress can be a killer and very hard to control.

[jwpjr]

re: "I am not a big advocate of medicating away problems"

I would not put using propranalol to control an overactive nervous system as medicating away problems. Every human body is built differently and what's a problem for one person is a blessing for another. For the boxer or the runner the nervousness is great, but for the person who must perform anything delicate it's a real bummer. I have been through at least a dozen 'new' drugs over the last 30 years to control my essential hypertension. None has worked, and I always end up back on propranalol! Every new doc I see is just positive the newest drug will do a better job. I have left a better trained trail of new docs behind me as the years have gone by.

[Chemist_Geek]

I am not a big advocate of medicating away problems,

I am trying to figure out what you mean by that. Do you suggest that humanity not use pharmaceuticals?