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Beta Blocker Blocks Feelings of Bad Memories


Some researchers are hopeful that a well-known blood pressure drug may one day be used to help people recover from traumatic experiences.

Merel Kindt and colleagues used a beta blocker called propranolol (Inderal) to erase, at least in the short-term, the fear response induced by a laboratory-induced painful memory in humans.