Does anyone take atenenol for high blood pressure? I was talking
to one of my co-workers and she told me that this medication slows down your metabolisim and makes you gain weight. I am taking 25MG twice per day. Any info would be appreciatied.

I am on vasotec but have still lost 30 lbs, albeit slower than some. Can't help you with your medication.

Talk to your doctor! He/she will know the side effects different meds cause. There are several different kinds of HBP medications, and you may be able to switch to a different kind if necessary.

However, NEVER NEVER stop taking meds of any kind just because you think you may lose weight faster, especially just because a nonprofessional told you so. You could have a heart attack, stroke, kidney damage and a host of other irreversible and even fatal consequences from letting high blood pressure go untreated, and I'd rather be fat than drooling in a nursing home bed -- or looking "almost lifelike" in a coffin!

Gina

I have asked my Dr. if the meds will make me gain weight and she said there is no evidence to prove that it does. So to me that indicates that it is possible in some people.

I take atenolol as a beta blocker 50mg per day. Before Atkins my legs were so swollen (which is a side affect of the drug). Since I started Atkins my legs feel so much better. I used to have a hard time squating or kneeling because it would feel like my skin was about to burst open, that is how tight they felt. My doctor did tell me that atenolol does seem to slow metabalism in some people. My goal is to lose enough that maybe I can stop taking the drug. That is, when my doctor tells me it is ok. I take it for heart palpatations and I have noticed a large decrease in the palpatations since I started Atkins. I can't wait till my yearly exam in October so she can see what I have done. She had given me a prescription for xenical last March but I could not stand the side effects and I wasn't losing anything so I started Atkins on my own. I know she will be impressed. I know I feel so much better.

Actually, it could just as well mean: weight gain has never been seen in patients who take this medication. We just don't have any proof that it doesn't.

If you need this medication then you have to take it. LCing does tend to reduce many of the conditions for which it is prescribed, so it may be the best path to follow.

I took atenolol for 10 days and gained 1 pound everyday. I was switched to propranolol. That was right before I restarted atkins, I didn't gain anything on propranolol. After doing atkins for a few weeks I no longer had to take the medication at all.

I take propranolol for tremors...for some reason beta blockers seem to help with that. I do know that for me personally, being on a beta blocker and birth control made weight loss a lot slower. In fact, if you are trouble-shooting a stall, it says in the book that both of these meds will slow or stall your weight-loss. However, it's not hopeless (32 lbs now!). And definitely keep taking the meds. Good luck!

~Kelly Deneen