# Propranolol (Hemangeol)

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## TL;DR

Hemangeol is a liquid form of the blood-pressure drug propranolol approved to shrink infantile haemangiomas, the common benign blood-vessel tumours of babies, replacing steroids and surgery for most children who need treatment.

## Summary

Propranolol oral solution (Hemangeol) was approved in the United States in 2014 for proliferating infantile haemangioma requiring systemic therapy, after a chance observation in 2008 that the beta-blocker shrank these benign vascular tumours. Infantile haemangiomas are the commonest tumours of infancy and most need no treatment, but those threatening vision, breathing or feeding, or ulcerating, respond within weeks. Propranolol has since been studied in angiosarcoma and other vascular cancers on the same rationale, without approval. Low blood sugar, slow heart rate and low blood pressure are the main risks in infants.

## Fields

- Kind: Treatment
- Status: established
- Last checked: 2026-09-08
- Also known as: Propranolol Hydrochloride; Propranolol oral solution
- Tags: gap-fill; supportive-care
- Brand: Hemangeol
- Modality: Small-molecule non-selective beta-adrenergic blocker, oral solution
- Mechanism: Blocks beta-adrenergic receptors on the endothelial cells of a proliferating haemangioma, causing vasoconstriction, lower VEGF signalling and apoptosis of the abnormal vessels.
- Approvals: US 2014: Proliferating infantile haemangioma requiring systemic therapy

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propranolol
- Label (DailyMed): https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/search.cfm?labeltype=all&query=propranolol%20hydrochloride%20oral%20solution
- Drugs@FDA NDA 205410: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/daf/index.cfm?event=overview.process&ApplNo=205410

## Connected records

- cancers: [Sarcomas (soft tissue, bone, GIST)](https://onco.cc/cancers/sarcoma/)
- fronts: [Supportive Care & Survivorship](https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/)
- targets: [VEGF / VEGFR](https://onco.cc/targets/vegf/)
- companies: [Pierre Fabre](https://onco.cc/companies/pierre-fabre/)

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