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by petercooper 1161 days ago
Curiously, despite having over 3000 entries, the medications list doesn't contain "propranolol", one of the world's most commonly prescribed medications. On the plus side, there is a lot here and it's a good effort, so I should probably submit a PR :) If OP is here, consider submitting it to https://github.com/gmelodie/awesome-wordlists also.
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SPARQL queries are not yet compliant, the most important is in the wordlist.en.txt file, the goal is not to classify by word types but by SPARQL queries.

propranolol at line 134169 in en/wordlist.en.txt :-)

>one of the world's most commonly prescribed medications

TIL. First time seeing this word

Propranolol is becoming a first line treatment for anxiety in many situations now where they want to prevent benzodiazepine misuse, but I also know folks who've been given them for migraines, stage fright, fear of flying, and all sorts. They tend to work reasonably well if your symptoms of anxiety are mainly physical rather than mental (where beta blockers have zero effect at all).