# Article:Propranolol and Osteoporosis: Good News

**URL:** <https://mvertigo.org/t/article-propranolol-and-osteoporosis-good-news/18127>\
**Category:** Medication 💊\
**Tags:** propranolol\
**Created:** [June 26, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/article-propranolol-and-osteoporosis-good-news/18127 "2019-06-26T13:58:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Onandon03](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/f08c70/32.png) [@Onandon03](https://mvertigo.org/u/Onandon03)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/article-propranolol-and-osteoporosis-good-news/18127/1 "2019-06-26T13:58:53Z")

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I was delighted to discover this a few months after my GP had started me on Propranolol as a preventative in 2015 and just hope it might prove an added bonus.

> **[No bones about it, beta blockers help osteoporosis](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-11-09/no-bones-about-it-beta-blockers-help-osteoporosis/2329782)**
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> Researchers have shown a class of drugs used to treat heart problems and hypertension also reduces the risk of an osteoporosis fracture by about half.

There’s plenty of further info on it out there but I recently bookmarked one other as of potential interest on here. Helen

> **[Antidepressant Bone Loss Could Be Prevented with Beta-Blockers](https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/antidepressant-bone-loss-could-be-prevented-beta-blockers)**
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> The antidepressant fluoxetine causes bone loss, but new CUMC research suggests adding a beta-blocker to treatment can prevent the loss.

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**Author:** ![Dizzyleigh](https://mvertigo.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@Dizzyleigh](https://mvertigo.org/u/Dizzyleigh)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://mvertigo.org/t/article-propranolol-and-osteoporosis-good-news/18127/2 "2021-11-24T04:48:30Z")

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Thank you, Helen.

I finally got a got a break in my day to read the very informative articles you provided.

I was pumped with SSRIs for several years after 911. I was prescribed 6 that I recall zoloft, effexor, paxil, prozac, lexapro, celexa. Not all at once. I did not tolerate them. Some, worse than others. Effexor was awful for me. Now, 20 years later, the doctors/science has advanced.

My neuropsychologist recently informed me that “they” also classified PTSD as a brain injury due to the EEG consistency. Sorry I do not have a reference.

So when I started with my VM symptoms, I was just looking for any connection. I did see a nuclear medicine scan in an article, but I’m just so skeptical.

Grasping at straws, I’m afraid some days.

I understand that these medications help others tremendously, so anyone reading this please do try if your situation is different and you are comfortable with your physicians advice.