Pilot study of secondary prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder with propranolol.

By R. Pitman, K. Sanders, R. Zusman, Anna R. Healy, F. Cheema, N. Lasko, Larry Cahill, Scott P. Orr. Biological Psychiatry, 2002

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Molecular mechanisms of memory reconsolidation (2007, methodology): “The β-adrenergic receptor antagonist propranolol has previously been utilized in human patients with PTS”
Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of anxiety, posttraumatic stress and obsessive-compulsive disorders (2014, background): “The guidelines include panic disorder, agoraphobia, specific phobia, social anxiety disorder (SAD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), as well as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).”
Cognitive Enhancement: Methods, Ethics, Regulatory Challenges (2009, neutral): “Pharmacological agents might be useful not only for increasing memory retention but also for unlearning phobias and addictions (Pitman et al. 2002; Hofmann et al. 2006; Ressler et al. 2004).”
Can Playing the Computer Game “Tetris” Reduce the Build-Up of Flashbacks for Trauma? A Proposal from Cognitive Science (2009, background): “Current interest in the manipulation of memories post-trauma is particularly focused on pharmacological means, for example, propranolol administration [4].”