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Below are Tenormin (Atenolol) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 6 ratings/reviews, Tenormin has an overall score of 8.50. The effectiveness score is 8 and the side effect score is 8.67. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Tenormin review by 35 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | |  |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | Tachycardia |
| Dosage & duration: | | 25 mg taken twice per day for the period of 12 years |
| Other conditions: | | Type I Diabetes, Depression, Panic Disorder |
| Other drugs taken: | | Insulin, Xanax, Klonopin, varying Anti-Depressants | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | The benefits were immediate relief from a "racing heart" or tachycardia caused by anxiety. I use this medicine prophylactically and found that it is very effective in controlling my heart rate and keeping it within a normal range. The only time it does not work is if I have a full-blown panic attack. At that point, other types of medications are used in addition to the atenolol. |
| Side effects: | | The side effects were mild but it did slightly lower my ability to determine if I was having an insulin reaction (hypoglycemia). However, once I adjusted to the medication, it was not a problem. |
| Comments: | | Treatment was started immediately after an initial and severe case of tachycardia. An Echocardiogram ruled out any heart defect and I was started on 25 mg once per day. I stayed on this dose for about 6 years and was able to drop down to 12.5 mg per day for nearly a year. However, my symptoms returned to their original severity and I began taking my starting dose again. A few years later, I was prescribed 25 mg twice per day due to an increase from original symptoms. This is the dose I currently take and it is an effective and very affordable medication.
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| | Tenormin review by 46 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | high blood pressure |
| Dosage & duration: | | 100 mg per day taken 1 per day for the period of approximately 11 years |
| Other conditions: | | kidney transplant |
| Other drugs taken: | | neoral, cellcept, prednisone, enalapril | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | my blood pressure decreased from a high pressure, approximately 150/110 to a normal blood pressure of 115/70. |
| Side effects: | | No side effects that I've experienced. Because it is a beta blocker it reduces my heart rated during exercise. |
| Comments: | | Drug was prescribed 100 mg in the morning for high blood pressure due to chronic kidney failure. Combined with an evening dose 0f 5 mg of enalapril my blood pressure has been lowered to a normal pressure of approximately 115/80. |
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| | Tenormin review by 56 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | |  |
| Effectiveness: | | Marginally Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | hypertension |
| Dosage & duration: | | 50 mg/daily taken x1/day for the period of 3 yrs |
| Other conditions: | | SOB |
| Other drugs taken: | | hydrochlorathyazide | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Slowed heart rate, lowered blood pressure and helped eliminate head-aches that I atributed to increasing BP. |
| Side effects: | | I believe that I have gained weight due to taking BP medication. I feel that my metabolic rate has been affected by these meds. |
| Comments: | | BP meds are taken on a daily basis, and I try to take the meds at the same time each day. I do not take these meds on a with or w/o food timetable. |
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| | Tenormin review by 50 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | high blood pressure |
| Dosage & duration: | | 25 mg taken 1-2 x/day for the period of still on it |
| Other conditions: | | premature cardiac beats |
| Other drugs taken: | | dyazide | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | my blood pressure stayed in the normal range. the headaches I was having from hypertension subsided. |
| Side effects: | | i had no side effects |
| Comments: | | i developed high blood pressure triggered, i feel, by stress from a divorce and possibly from hormone imbalance from stress due to the divorce and its ramifications. i would have headaches everyday and was checking my blood pressure while i was having a headache and at times when i did not have a headache. it was most definitely elevating during a headache. i tried one other medication first with no success. my Dr. switched me to atenolol with good results. It also corrected the occasional premature cardiac beats I was having. the dosage is low so i continue to take it for the normal sinus rhythm as my blood pressure problem is now resolved. |
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| | Tenormin review by 58 year old male patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | No Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | atrial frbulation |
| Dosage & duration: | | 50 mg taken 1 per day (evening) for the period of 20 yrs |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Immediate reliefe from my fribulation and a modest decline in blood preassure |
| Side effects: | | No noticable side effects |
| Comments: | | I was experiencing atrial defribulation due to excessive stress in life events, ie: birth of my 1st son , the passing of several family members, and a new career path-all at once-Tenormin was prescribed by my physician and it was like throwing a "wet blanket" over my crazy heartbeats.I've been taking it for 20 years and swear by it--only word of caution is do not stop taking it abruptly as, in my case, symptons resume quickly |
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| | Tenormin review by 33 year old male patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Marginally Effective |
| Side effects: | | Moderate Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | An unknown EKG wave abnormality |
| Dosage & duration: | | 25mg taken daily for the period of So far 2 months |
| Other conditions: | | None |
| Other drugs taken: | | None | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | Decreased nausea, dizziness when standing, pins and needles sensation. Eyes and Skin less sensitive to sunlight. |
| Side effects: | | Extreme sleepiness (25mg feels like I took a Tylenol PM). Slight inability to concentrate. Depression of mood, slight irritability. I have noticed some suggest this is also prescribed for anxiety, I haven't noticed any reduction in anxiety, I have noticed if I'm irritated the irritability seems to last a bit longer than normal. It has done nothing to increase my motivation or productivity. |
| Comments: | | I already have a low heart rate, so an hour after taking it I always take 200mg caffeine + 2 Primatene tablets (25mg Ephedrine HCL) to raise heartbeat while the Atenolol stabilizes it. The Ephedrine also helps to counteract sleepiness and depressed mood Atenolol causes in my system. I was going to quit taking it but over 2 months I have slowly experienced an increase in my health, before I was almost bed-ridden, now I can get up and walk around for extended periods of time. I originally had a bad case of Mono a few years back and it still showed in my system, he said it probably caused a bad case of Chronic Fatigue but it is not considered a real medical condition, so he wrote me a script for Atenolol after my EKG. They took 6 EKG's that read no heartbeat and the 7th read a supposedly impossible wave, I did every test from two separate doctors, they have no idea what it is. |
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