Propranolol is contraindicated in asthma

Abstract
EDITOR,—The datasheet for Inderal (propranolol) states specifically that the drug is contraindicated in patients with asthma or a history of bronchospasm. Despite this, and despite the well known risks of non-selective ß blockers in patients with asthma, over the past few years Zeneca has received a number of reports of cases in which an asthmatic patient …