"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." While lorazepam has been the talk of the town thanks to The White Lotus, there’s another med competing ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Not sure about you, but nervous energy comes at me like a bat out of hell. And, of course, it’s always at ...

I first took beta blockers two years ago, when I was asked to give a eulogy. Terrible at public speaking on a good day, let alone at a funeral, my first instinct was to refuse to do it. I had made a ...

It seems like every few weeks, there’s a new “miracle fix” for anxiety trending on social media. The latest is a decades-old heart medication that more and more people are saying helps them stay calm ...

DEAR DR. GOTT: Please explain what beta blockers are and what they do in certain medications. DEAR READER: A beta blocker, also known as a beta-adrenergic blocking agent, is a medication designed to ...

While she had been able to count on the prescription drug for other situations, it was no match for speaking in front of crowds. “It only calmed me down a little,” says Heather, who lives in New York.

When performing onstage, Dania Hallak, a singer and songwriter, sometimes found she couldn’t hit lower notes. Her vocal coach suggested it was performance anxiety. Hallak saw her doctor, who ...

Standard of care treatment questioned in new study. Oct. 2, 2012— -- New research suggests that beta-blocker pills don't prevent heart attacks, strokes or cardiac deaths in patients with heart ...

Beta blockers are quickly becoming the hot new drug to combat anxiety. The medication, also known as propranolol, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1967 for the treatment of ...