The improvement of accuracy with a military rifle under the effect of propranolol (Inderal)
Grinschgl, G.
Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift 133(13-14): 339-343
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-5341 PMID: 6636790 Document Number: 213401
The shooting results of 26 soldiers were evaluated in comparison between 3 shots without previous administration of tablets and 3 shots after administration of one tablet Inderal 40 mg respectively one placebo. After administration of Inderal there was an improvement of 26.71 percent and after placebo one of 14.29 percent; that means a real Inderal-effectuated improvement of more than 12.5 percent. A separated evaluation corresponding to the situation of the pulse (normal or high) before the first shot proved a more considerable better result: rifle-men with anxiety, restlessness and high pulse showed after Inderal a 58 percent improvement of the accuracy of fire. So it seems proven that Inderal shows already in lower doses a favourable result in sense of anxiolysis and tranquillizing without disagreeable sedative or hypnotic side effects.