Propranolol belongs to a group of medicines called beta-blockers. It is used to:

- treat high blood pressure, an enlarged heart muscle or tremors

- treat angina pectoris (pain in the chest caused by blockages in the arteries leading to the heart) or high blood pressure caused by a tumour near a kidney (phaeochromocytoma)

- help prevent additional heart attacks

- control irregular or fast heart beats

- control fast heart rate and other symptoms caused by an overactive thyroid gland

- to reduce migraine attacks

- calm people who are anxious or worried

- prevent stomach bleeding in patients with high blood pressure in their liver or swollen blood vessels in their gullet.