Now she takes propranolol, a beta blocker, to keep her shaking at bay.

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Though King was mainly interested in the beta-blocker Corzide, it was forced to take another beta-blocker, Corgard, which faces generic competition.

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The second thing to say is that the possibility that a beta blocker may work right after a trauma is of great theoretical interest.

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Some studies that have done this find that people who got the beta blocker were less likely over time to go on to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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This follows the same logic as beta blocker use: Alcohol blocks stress pathways in the brain (which is why it relaxes people), so people who were drunk were in a condition in which the terrible event couldn't register fully in the brain in a way that would lead to PTSD.

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Here is the setup of these studies: Take people who have just had something very bad happen to them, like a motor vehicle accident or a rape, and within a few hours or a day or two at most, flip a coin and put half these people on a beta blocker and half on an inactive substance that looks the same (i.e. placebo).

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In fact, I'm actually considering rejoining the sport as a doubles player, and with a beta-blocker.

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The results showed that administering a beta-blocker prevented stress from accelerating tumor growth.

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HMOs range from 25% to 100%, rates of screening for breast cancer from 30% to 90%, rates of beta-blocker prescription after a heart attack from 15% to 100%, and so on.

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