Indications:

• Management of hypertension. It may be used alone or used in combination with other antihypertensive agents, particularly a thiazide diuretic; propranolol is not indicated in the management of hypertensive emergencies
• Decrease angina frequency and increase exercise tolerance in patients with angina pectoris
• Control ventricular rate in patients with atrial fibrillation and a rapid ventricular response
• Reduce cardiovascular mortality in patients who have survived the acute phase of myocardial infarction and are clinically stable
• Prophylaxis of common migraine headache. The efficacy of propranolol in the treatment of a migraine attack that has started has not been established, and propranolol is not indicated for such use
• Management of familial or hereditary essential tremor; propranolol hydrochloride is not indicated for the treatment of tremor associated with Parkinsonism
• Improves NYHA functional class in symptomatic patients with hypertrophic subaortic stenosis
• As an adjunct to alpha-adrenergic blockade to control blood pressure and reduce symptoms of catecholamine-secreting tumors