TENORMIN Reviews (ATENOLOL)Average Rating: 2.9 (179 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TENORMIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TENORMIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | HBP Anxiety | None | I love this drug!! I take .25mg once daily. I am calm, alert, sleep great at night. I feel fantastic every day. I am happier, nothing bothers me, very even keeled. They give Tenormin for stage fright. They should put this in the drinking water because I have never felt better in my life. | F | 44 | 60 days | 11/24/2006 | 1 | heart palpitations | Hives and itching after 2 days. Quit using it and allergic reaction went away. | F | 37 | 2 days | 11/8/2006 | 3 | High Blood Pressure Fast Heartbeat | Today is October 6, 2006. I am so sleepy all the time. I feel like I am a different person & now very lazy. I have always exercised and been thin before starting this med over 1 year ago. I have gained 27 pounds. I have never had a weight problem. I have always been a vegetarian & stayed away from bad foods. I started out weighing 119 pounds. I am 5 feet 5 inches tall. Other side effects are bad dreams, numbness in hands, blurred vision, lightheadedness. All these are nothing compared to my weight gain. My Doctor says I look great & that my metabolism is probably just slowing. I am 26 years old. I don't believe that is the cause of my weight gain! | It has slowed my heart rate, which I needed & lowered my blood pressure somewhat. Yet I feel that obesity will be unhealthy if I stay on this med. The weight gain really depresses me! I would love to hear from others that have gained weight also on this med. | F | 26 | 1 days | 10/6/2006 | 1 | PSVT | tingling in hands and feet dizziness hair loss dry mouth extreme fatigue very low heart rate (40)bpm cold fingers and toes skin rash | I feel it is horrible and should be taken off the market. The side effects are far worse than my condition. | F | 44 | 3 years | 9/2/2006 | 2 | heart | water retention / weight gain | should not have been prescribed.. was misdianosed with heart problems | M | 40 | 3 years | 7/20/2006 | 1 | extremly high blood pressure | upset stomache, leg cramps, weight gain, sleep distrubances and Lethargy. the doctors do not take the side effects seriosly. I thought maybe it was just me, but after reading all the others, something needs to be addressed. | Have doctors appt to have a med check, Dr cancel appt for scheduling reasons said that the Tenormin (Atenolo) was not the problem. Since has resceduled to July 19th, not to worry about them and will see me then. It has help a little with my high blood pressure, when I started it was 189/154 consistently. Know it is 150/135 still not good , but better. | F | 38 | 4 months | 7/3/2006 | 4 | hbp | | 7/1/2006 | 2 | hypertension | loss of libido, dizziness, elevated blood pressure, tiredness, loss of energy, lethargic | M | 33 | 3 weeks | 6/6/2006 | 3 | Hypertension, palpitations, anxiety | An hour after I take it (50mg) I get tired and sleepy. I take it at night and sleep off the effects. Other than that no side effects. It cured my panic attacks but has only slight effect on my hypertension so I have to take another medication also. | M | 54 | 4 years | 5/12/2006 | 5 | HBP | tiredness, but I take Lipitor too and I think that causes it also. after being on Atenolol for a couple years now, it's not working as effectively on my HBP, I think I need to have my doctor adjust the prescription up from 25mg once a day to twice a day. Edema, leg swelling, seems to indicate, along with actual BP readings that not under good control, lots of 150/100 readings and even higher. | It worked great for me initially, but doesn't seem to be working as well two years into it. Not sure what to do, will need to talk to my doctor about it. | F | 51 | 2 years | 5/11/2006 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | None | If I skip a day without Atenolol; I KNOW IT! This medication is the best thing I have ever taken! I am on 50 mg. once daily for 3 years now. Taking the Atenolol along with 10 mg. Lisinopril but the Lisinopril just started 3 mos. ago. Needed addl med for high BP because it didn't solve the problem alone. Highly recommend this medication! | F | 43 | 3 years | 5/1/2006 | 2 | tachycardia, hypertension | cold feet, decreased libido,forgetfullness | I like not having palpitations and HTN. | F | 49 | 2 years | 4/15/2006 | 1 | high blood pressure | Tightness in chest, a feeling that respiratory tracts in throat tightened, not getting enough oxigen especially during exercise, short breath, very low heart rate e.g. 30bpm less in avg. during running, sweting w/o "any reason". | When I told the doctor about my problems he said I need to stop immediately. After taking it for 2 wks (25mg) doctor also said I should take it two more times only 12,5mg and than switch to Blopress (by saying this drug is almost 10 times more expesive?!?!). This is what I have done however after a week passed problems worsened i.e. I had to stop running during exercise yesterday due to chest pain. I am an experienced runner in a good shape and this happened to me for the first time. Also, since stopping with drug I experience irregular heart bits. it is THE worst drug i have ever taken. | M | 44 | 2 weeks | 4/1/2006 | 2 | SVT's | Tightness in chest | I was taking this for about two weeks and quit because of the tightness in my chest. Now my Dr has put me back on it , 50 mg in the am. | F | 48 | 2 weeks | 3/14/2006 | 2 | Blood Pressure | Having arrythmia problems now after being on 100mg Atenolol for over 3 years. Doctor believes it is NOT a side effect of the med... I am seriously doubting that now as I have read about this side effect in many patients. Also have memory issues and pain in the legs and feet. Am about to look for another doctor and get a second opinion. | Prescribed along with LOTREL 10mg/20 and average BP is 125/75 - pulse averages 60, but atrial fibrillation problems continue to haunt me from 5 mins to 3 days in duration. | M | 47 | 3 years | 3/7/2006 | 4 | blood pressure | cold hands/ears,lowered heart rate which didn't seem to affect me, i exercize regularly and still can get my heart rate up to 85% when i want to. i had pvc's which could drive you crazy after a while and hi b/p.seemed to help over the 9 years i've been on it.no more pvc's and b/p around 110/78. | I think there should be some more research done on mixing tenormin with ginsana.I wanted to take ginsana for increased memory and oxygen carrying capability.I checked with my doctor 3 years ago and he said it would be ok. After 4 days on it I fell into a sleep mode in the afternoon and couldn't pull myself off of the couch'it felt like every ounce of living energy had been sucked out of me. Now 3 years later I try ginsana again because the impotence part seems to be kicking in now. After 1 week taking 2 caplets a day I have had tingling in my legs,sharp chest/jaw pain,angina strange deep dreams. no more ginsana for me until there is more study done with this mix. anyone else ever try this combination??? | M | 52 | 9 years | 2/28/2006 | 4 | Originally Migraine then High Blood | Tired, low energy. it cured my Migraine completly about 15 years ago. and controls my BP now. Cannot take generic, tried twice and ended up in hospital with suspected bleed, but wasn't thank God. My doctor will not prescribe me generics any more! Just starting to suffer from impotence on occassions. | 100mg Works for me. av bp 125/80 heart rate 52 | M | 53 | 15 years | 1/15/2006 | 4 | Hypertension | None yet--I've taken 25 mg for one year along with 5 mg of Enalapril, and starting today my doctor has me taking 50 mg of Atenolol and no more Enalapril. Stay tuned! | M | 37 | 365 days | 12/29/2005 | 3 | rapid heart rate | Very cold feet. Numbness of hands at night. More sensitive to cold in general. | It really helped calm my rapid heart rate. It had become so bad before taking the it that I felt I was running a marathon at all times--especially when I would lay down to go to sleep at night. At this time I'm feeling the side effects are worth it, although I may try to wean off of it and see if the rapid heart rate returns. | F | 47 | 3 months | 12/8/2005 | 3 | bp | impotence | M | 53 | 2 years | 11/7/2005 |