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...Charles Brantigan's prescription of the hypertension drug propranolol as a preventive for stage fright [July 5] is yet another example of ho w our society turns to sedatives both legal and illegal in order to cope with stressful situations. If something makes you that damn nervous...
...this misery might be avoided, according to Dr. Charles Brantigan, University of Colorado heart surgeon and part-time tuba player. In an experiment conducted at New York's Juilliard School and the University of Nebraska, Brantigan, together with his conductor-brother Thomas (whose idea it was), tested the effect of a hypertension drug called propranolol on the performance anxiety of 29 professional and student musicians. Each subject gave two solo recitals before an audience of critics and faculty members. Ninety minutes before one recital, they were given propranolol; on the other occasion, a placebo...
...Brantigan, who has occasionally taken propranolol to calm himself before delivering a speech, admits that his study poses an ethical dilemma. Propranolol is strong stuff. It belongs to a class of drugs known as beta blockers, which interfere with the nervous stimulation of the cardiovascular system (by blocking "beta receptors" on cells). Though widely used to treat high blood pressure, severe chest pain (angina) and to prevent second heart attacks, beta blockers can be dangerous for people with asthma, hay fever and some types of diabetes and heart conditions. "It would worry me considerably if propranolol were being taken...
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