Like most meds, beta blockers come with a list of potential side effects, such as low blood pressure, low heart rate, fatigue, reduced libido, and sleep disturbances, according to Dr. Breitinger.

Selective beta blockers, like atenolol, work specifically on the heart, according to the NLM, while non-selective beta blockers (like propranolol, which is what 90 percent of those with anxiety ...

Beta blockers are a heart medication, but some docs prescribe it off-label to help with situational anxiety. Click here for more on just how that works.

One way or another, beta blockers are always in the news. Take, for instance, Los Angeles Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh, who revealed in October that he's part of a growing group of Americans ...

However, beta-blockers can not treat anxiety itself. There are many types of anxiety disorders – generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder – each met with its own ...

He continued: "You take much lower doses of propranolol and other beta-blockers for anxiety than you do for high blood pressure or heart arrhythmias. I mention this because in higher doses, ...

Foods that contain vitamins and minerals that help to regulate our heart rate, blood pressure and blood flow are being celebrated on social media as ‘natural beta-blockers’ – so called ...

People with the variant gene could be said to have a natural beta blocker, Dorn says. The variant is extremely rare in Caucasians, accounting for its predominant effects in African-Americans. Here's ...