ATENOLOL Reviews (ATENOLOL)Average Rating: 2.7 (204 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ATENOLOL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR ATENOLOL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | High blood pressure | Made me tired, however, it helped my PVCs alot. Took 25 mg once a day | M | 58 | 11 years | 9/24/2009 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | At first a little tired but not anymore. Keeps the blood pressure in check | F | 62 | 5 years | 7/26/2009 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Terrible rash, bone aches, very dizzy in the morning | M | 48 | 2 years | 7/10/2009 | 4 | high blood pressure | insomnia | F | 50 | 28 days | 4/27/2009 | 5 | mitral valve prolaspe | None | This also reduced migraine headaches when I used to get them. Reduces panic attacks. Reduces anxiety. I will continue taking this medicaton. It is a low cost Beta-Blocker. Highly recommend. I take 50 mg every morning. You can start at a lower dose of 25 mg. a day. A doctor can prescribe "off label" for panic attacks, anxiety or migraine headaches. | F | 50 | 12 years | 2/25/2009 | 3 | Beta Blocker | Flushing face | M | 2 years | 2/17/2009 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | It caused impotence. The affect when I started treatment was to make me sleepy (nearly crashed my car) this went away with time. I also noticed trouble working out. I had to push hard to get my second wind. That seems to have gone away as well. | I tried other meds with worse side effects. Atenolol takes time for your body to become accustomed to its effects. Impotence I can live with (using Muse, Viagra, VEDs etc) its better then having high BP! | M | 50 | 5 years | 11/24/2008 | 3 | Moderately High Blood Pressure | I can't get it up! Rare isolated dizzyness and light headedness. Heart rate 60/65. | I have a Trophy wife and Viagra doesn't even help? I hike 4 miles a day (up a mountain and down). My blood pressure is under control. I can function; but no Wood! | M | 64 | 3 years | 11/13/2008 | 2 | migraines | really depressed, tired, lethargic, feeling of being drained of energy, low heartrate, extremely tired from exercise, appetite loss | It only helped my migraines slightly | F | 20 | 5 months | 9/8/2008 | 3 | High blood pressure | Low heart rate, frequent dizziness on standing, difficulty achieving and maintaining erection, often very tired | My blood pressure was about 190/110 for over three years, I decided I should probably do something about it. First I was taking 25 mg of atenolol and it brought me down to around 155/100. Doc doubled me up to 50 mg and the first day my heart rate was 45 bpm. That was rough. Now after a few weeks I'm feeling better, bp is more like 135/85, heart rate usually around 58 or so. I have a desk job, in the mornings with atenolol I'm often light headed when I stand up. When I work out, it takes a long time to warm up, and I have to really fight it. But if I push long and hard enough, I'm amazed at how much energy and stamina I have. I like to do wind sprints. With atenolol I start out at a jog and get out of breath after a few hundred feet. Then I walk, and then jog again. Finally after about 20 minutes, I can sprint at high speed for a couple of hundred meters or so. I've doubled up on my weekly hours of working out also, and that seems nearly as good as the pills for bringing down the pre | M | 51 | 3 weeks | 5/30/2008 | 3 | high blood pressure | no side effects | Helped with B/P but have to take other B/P medicine with it. | F | 68 | 1 years | 4/15/2008 | 5 | Hypertension/HBP | Little dizziness, vertigo during the first week. After the body adjusted to the med it's done fine for me. | It's helped me a lot with HBP, norm is now 128/82-before this med it was 170/110 and higher. Glad my Doc found a med for me that plays nice instead of giving bad side effects. Take 50 mg at night before bed and it works perfect. I was taking it when I woke up for 2 months but found that I had a hard time falling asleep so I switched the times. | M | 46 | 1 years | 4/13/2008 | 4 | Rapid Heartbeat, Borderline HBP | Cold hands, feet and nose during the day; vivid and constant dreaming at night. I suffer from seasonal depression and I think the atenolol may make that somewhat worse. | Even with the side effects, I appreciate this drug very much. My heart was constantly racing; even at my "calmest", my heart rate was over 100-120 bpm. Now, it's 60-70 bpm all the time. Blood pressure was borderline high and is now in the low normal range. I take 25 mg. once a day. | F | 47 | 1.5 years | 4/12/2008 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | You name it. I had it. Depression, anxiety, mood swings, headache, heartburn, nausea, no energy, disappearing sex drive, loss of appetite and the list goes on. | The only good thing? I lost weight on this. That's it. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. It's terrible. | F | 38 | 1 months | 3/30/2008 | 3 | hb | peeing all the time | F | 19 | 2 months | 3/23/2008 | 5 | Hig Blood Pressure | Limited Physical capability the first 8 hours | I have been taking this for about ten years. No problems. dosage 25 mg. I take it in the PM. I think it helps me get a good night's sleep. Knocks off about 15 points. Don't want to take it? Go exercise hard for 30 minutes/day. (Tredmill, Crosstrainer, digging in the garden, etc.) That will make a big difference. As big as the little pill. | M | 67 | 10 years | 2/16/2008 | 1 | HYPERTENSION | I DEVELOPED SEVERE CHEST PAIN ASTHMA AND BRONCHOSPASMS AND I WAS WEANED OFF ATENOLOL BUT A FEW DAYS LATER I ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL WITH MORE SEVERE CHEST PAIN. I WAS PUT ON TOPROL IN THE HOSPITAL AND DISCHARGED AS ALL MY TESTS WERE NEGATIVE. I ENDED BACK IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM 10 DAYS LATER AND THE CARDIOLOGIST WEANED ME OFF TOPROL THAT DAY. TEN DAYS LATER I FEEL WONDERFUL. I AM ON NORVASC 5 MG AND PLAN TO EXERCISE AND LOSE 15 LBS AND HOPEFULLY LOWER MY BLOOD PRESSURE NATURALLY.BETA BLOCKERS ARE NOT FOR ME. | HORRENDOUS MEDICATION AVOID IF YOU CAN! | F | 66 | 3 months | 2/11/2008 | 3 | Tachycardia | Slight Fatigue, Slight Depression | Haven't experienced many side effects so far. Using it for treatment of Tachycardia in the 250's. No attacks so far, and the drug has eliminated additional beats throughout the day. | F | 25 | 1 months | 12/17/2007 | 1 | Hypertension | I became severely depressed after taking it for two days. The third morning I awoke early, couldn't go back to sleep and started to think about killing myself. I then realized that it was the medication and stopped taking it. It took at least 3 days for my sanity to return and I did suffer rebound with rapid heartbeat and anxiety. | One doctor told me my brain was too sensitive for this medication | F | 40 | 2 days | 11/15/2007 | 1 | Blood pressure 165/100+ | A better question would be which side effects DIDN'T I experience. Depression, getting angry at stupid things, fatigue, difficulty exercising. | This was an awful drug for me. It completely changed my personality, to the point where family members barely recognized me sometimes. I was always tired, I'd get angry and the stupidest stuff. I couldn't get my heart rate above 120bpm, which made it impossible for me to run. I also didn't want to talk to anyone, and I'd go out of my way to avoid conversations with anyone, including my wife. All that and it didn't really lower my blood pressure much at all. After about four months, my doc changed me over to Diovan HCT 80/12.5. The transformation was amazing. Within one day of stopping this awful drug, I was back to my normal self. I felt good again, the depression lifted and I spent more time talking to my wife in that one morning than I did the entire time I was on Atenolol. One positive effect is it got rid of my headaches, but I continue to be headache free with Diovan. | M | 42 | 4 months | 10/19/2007 |