Atenolol Question: Is there any danger in taking 50 mg per day of atenolol if I have ocular hypertension and a reading of 21?
There shouldn’t be. Atenolol Question: My mom is 65 years old with no significant medical history. She is known to have high blood pressure from time to time. This is usually in the doctors office, but when it is checked at home, it is fine. For the past 4 years, she has been doing step aerobics for 1 hour, 3 times a week. This is not a program designed for seniors and she keeps up well with women less than half her age. She does use a low block and limits her arm movements to prevent getting her heart rate too high. Her heart rate does reach 160-170 bpm and is down to normal range within an hour. Recently her medical doctor put her on atenolol 25 mg, saying 160 bpm is too high. Now her heart rate gets up to 130, but she doesn’t feel as good. Is there significant benefit in putting Mom on a beta blocker. Answer: Probably not, but it would depend on her overall cardiac condition. This can be assessed by a stress echo. But, I’d let her go if she was my patient, assuming no history of cor
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