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“The way I think we’re going to message this is: Fear gets in the way of living your best self and achieving what you want to achieve and reaching your full potential, especially around the things that you value the most,” Ip said. (The company worked with a compounding pharmacy to develop a proof of concept for the mint-style pill and is now talking to manufacturers.) Still, Ip’s being careful to comply with regulations. Propranolol isn’t approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat social anxiety or performance anxiety. But because Kick won’t be manufacturing the drug, it won’t be subject to FDA rules restricting off-label marketing by manufacturers. I don’t think it’s something that should be prescribed lightly,” she said. Lembke, the Stanford psychiatrist, said she’s had patients who experienced withdrawal symptoms when they stopped taking propranolol after months or years. (It’s usually taken at a higher dosage than Kick is planning on.) It’s not recommended, for example, in people with asthma, and doctors take caution before prescribing it in people who have a history of arrhythmia, low blood pressure, or an elevated risk of fainting.

Still, anxiety experts caution that propranolol is a powerful drug. He also pointed to a 2015 study that found that people who are afraid of spiders had a significant reduction in their anxiety after taking propranolol and being exposed to tarantulas, compared to people who were only exposed to the tarantulas or only took propranolol. Ip said he chose propranolol because it’s a cheap generic drug with few side effects and a long history of off-label use. “Bringing up propranolol is resurrecting a dead body,” said Hofmann, the Boston University psychologist. But they’ve since fallen out of favor and are not considered a first-line treatment, in part because they aren’t as effective for people whose anxiety doesn’t manifest in mainly physiological ways. Many psychiatrists embraced beta blockers for social anxiety and performance anxiety in the 1970s. They suppress the autonomic arousal associated with fear - meaning no more racing heart.

Then there are beta blockers like propranolol, which take a different tack. The class of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, such as Paxil and Zoloft, which block the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter that regulates anxiety. Benzodiazapines like Xanax, which relieve anxiety by enhancing the effects of a neurotransmitter called GABA in the brain. Those who do seek treatment have a few options: Cognitive behavioral therapy, which involves talking to a therapist or completing online exercises. are believed to have social anxiety disorder, often undiagnosed and untreated. But when it gets severe and persistent enough, it’s codified in the DSM-5 as a type of social anxiety disorder specific to performance. Many people are afraid of public speaking. A treatment for anxiety that’s fallen out of favor He expects a prescription to cost about $50 out of pocket. Ip hopes to launch in the next few months in California, home to a vibrant culture of self-experimentation with pharmaceuticals, and then expand to other states. He pointed to other ways this is being done in more powerful drugs, such as an ADHD medication repackaged as a fruity chew - a move that also drew sharp criticism from some in the medical community. Ip declined to compare his minty pills to candy, saying that “feels too fun.” But he said it was important to repackage the drug to reach a wider market of people who might not seek traditional psychiatric treatment but could benefit from propranolol if they saw it in a new light. (He also plans to offer a normal pill as an alternative to the lozenges.) FDA to require strong warnings about combining pain pills with anxiety medication

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