I need this information asap.  latest by tomorrow afternoon.  but
sooner would be better.  Please contact me if you don't think you can
do this that quickly.  it's a very specific fact/reference to look up
so it should be possible.
A few years ago I read in some newspaper about the fact that the beta
blocker Inderal (generic, propranolol) has an ingredient in it that
prevents the formation of wrinkles.  There was something about (but
I'm not sure) the fact that since Inderal is now sold generically, the
company may want to try (or is trying)to  isolate that particular
chemical part of inderal and market it as an anti wrinke medication. 
Currently, unless someone is hypertensive, doctors cannot prescribe
Propranolol or Inderal for off label use, because of side effects.  
I'd like to find some reference mentioning this but the more details
the better, because I'm trying to convince my doctor to prescribe this
for my hypertension instead of calcium channel blockers.  He said he
would love to see information about that.  I am positive that what I
read was about Inderal (propranolol) because at about the same time a
friend who has been taking propranolol for 30 years, is in her 60's,
and doesn't have a single wrinke on her face, mentioned that a friend
in California, who's father is a physician, called to tell her that he
read (an article, or a study, don't remember) that essentially
explains why she (my friend) doesn't have any wrinkles.  It was not
clear if he read it in a lay magazine or newspaper like I did, or if
he read it in a medical journal.  It may have been in the jama
(journal of american medical association) but that's not at all clear.
 okay. I'm done. I don't remember oviously where I read it.  I read
alot of magazines and newspapers.

Not a researcher, but I have taken inderal for about 15 years. I do
have lots of crows feet around my eyes (at age 47), and while the rest
of me is unwrinkled I doubt that I'll stay that way.

I spent more than an hour searching for references to propanolol as a
wrinkle preventive. I was not able to find even a single mention of
this. I'm somewhat skeptical of the existence of such an article;
surely there would quite a bit of discussion on the Web if studies had
found evidence that an inexpensive drug such as propanolol could serve
as a wrinkle-fighter.

A relative of mine took propanolol for many years. It didn't suppress
wrinkles in her case. She looked like one of the California Raisins.

it's possible i guess that it was another drug, that sounded like
Inderal, and when she told me about the comment from california, I
mixed it up with Inderal.
what sounds like inderal?  maybe enbrel.  it's used for psoriasis, so
maybe there is some wrinkle prevention?  Now, i don't want to start u
on a whole other search on enbrel.  if a one minute look could make
that click, fine, it'll solve the mystery.  if not, then hold off and
i'll try to find my friend and get more clues, info.
what happens if I'm wrong and there in fact is no such med?  or it's
not any name that sounds like inderal?  then how does this google
answers work?  does it mean I don't pay?  seems unfair given that so
much work was done searching and it may have been my mistake in asking
the wrong question.  please advise.

Please don't worry about payment. Until and unless an official Answer
is posted by a Google Answers Researcher, all you owe is the
fifty-cent listing fee.

If we can't track down the info you need, you don't have to pay.
Searching without finding is an occupational hazard for us, so don't
feel that you owe us just for the effort.

I haven't found anything about Enbrel as a wrinkle reducer, but this
might interest you:

http://www.mosbysdrugconsult.com/DrugConsult/newind2002.html#tazarotenewrinkles

thank you but it's not about getting rid of wrinkles.  it's about
actually inhibiting their formation.  some chemical in the med
actually prevents a wrinkle from forming.  it's so frustrating.  i can
almost see it in front of me.   i do regularly read the science times,
usa today, and the wall street journal.  i do remember it being a
newspaper type of blurb.  is it easy to search the archives of those
publications?  it would be no more than 2 years ago.  maybe less.
maybe even one year. or less.  hard to pin it down.   please don't do
hours more work.  i can't afford it.

As I mentioned before, you don't need to worry about "affording" our
attempts to help. Your $15 fee won't be billed until and unless
someone can actually answer your question. You don't pay for our
efforts. Only our results.

well, then if you do find it, hopefully you will also benefit from the
wrinkle prevention factor.

Maybe it is Imideen?