During May I found out that this leg pain could be a side effect of atenolol. Talked to the family Dr. and tapered off the atenolol and the leg pain went away. Stayed off the Atenolol for approximately 6 days and woke during the night with heart rate of 110, by the time I got the the Dr.'s office later that moring my heart rate was 120. The Dr. then put me on Bystolic, 5 mg, 1 x daily. I have been on the Bystolic for 3 weeks and the leg pain is back. Have appt with family Dr.
ve been taking bystolic for 2 years and have done much better on it than I did on atenolol. It has done a better job of keeping PVCs down and slowing my heartrate. My BP on occassion does get a little low but that hasn't been a big deal. I had a low grade headache and a bit of nausea when I first started taking them but it went away after a couple of weeks.
Hey guys, whenever I read about acebutolol in treating pvcs and bystolic, I hear mainly positive things.
Is anyone on here on these blockers !!, if so whats your experience. I aked my cardio Dr. about Acebutolol, he said its something he wouldnt usualy prescribe for pvcs because it doesn't slow down the heart and the common belief is a slower heart induced by a beta blocker is supposed to reduce pvcs,, but people claim that this stuff works.
Then I just got a 2nd opinion and this dr said to quit Atenolol,Isosobide and Ranexa and start Azor and Bystolic and he wants me to have a Cardiolite stress test. I really do not see an improvement with Azor and Bystolic-I think I have just as much angina maybe more on these 2 drugs. My question is what will stress test show that the heart cath didn't show?
I have been taking bystolic for several years and for me it seems to work much better than atenolol or lopressor, without all the side effects. I have had to up my dosage a couple of times and right at first my stomach will feel a little off and I may get a very slight headache but it goes away quickly.
I would think the Bystolic is pushing your heart rate down into those numbers. I take Atenolol for A Fib and my heart rate went from usually in the low 90's to right around 50. THe Dr told me it isnt a problem unless you feel faint. Do you have other issues they are worried about? The chest pain could be the A Fib. are you in constant a Fib?
until they finally hit on a new medication by Bystolic! I hit the jackpot, it was like night and day! I take 20 mg in the morning with 125 mg of magnesium taurate then 5mg of Norvasc for HTN then take 10 mg of by Bystolic at night with 125 mg of magnesium taurate in between I take .5 Xanax in the morning and at night I have not had one PVC in the last three years I feel like a different human being!
I had a couple of episodes of SVT 3 years ago and was put on 25 mg of atenolol. I did great up until my husband had a heart attack. The day after I found out he had to have a quadruple bypass I went into what I now think was a fib. It went back to normal after about 4 hours. Next day I was in bigeminey for hours. I blamed it on stress. A couple of months later my heart started going crazy with tachycardia, PVCs and PACS (seen in ER twice). They increased atenolol to 50 mg.
Finally saw the EP on the 20th of Jan and because of the SVT and anxiety, he put me on Atenolol 25mg twice a day. This was kind of nice at first, no more racing beats! A bit more lightheaded than usual, but pretty OK.
On the 4th of Feb, it started. The heart skips. I would get them in the past maybe once a day, once a week, once a month, it varied. On that day and the days since I am having 4-5 per minute.
I had been taking atenolol for a couple of years and everything was fine, then it just seemed like it quit working. I ended up in the ER a bunch of times and was eventually put on sotalol. I was afraid to take it too but I did and a month later ended up back in the ER. My EP took me off of it and put me on bystolic, which is just a regular beta blocker, like atenolol. So far, so good, it's been a little over a year.
I have tired Metroprolol made me foggy and completely tired. Bystolic was the same problem within 10 days. Carvodilol made me dizzy and after 10 days I got hives. Now I trying Atenolol with 2 doses I am really itchy. I have many drug related allergies. I am getting tired and my doctor said she has never had a patient to have allergies to beta blockers. Does anyone have the same problem with them?
Have taken Atenolol and Metoprolol SUCC ER. Atenolol did nothing for me, Metoprolol would help for a few days and then would have to increase dose. When I got to 125mg of Metoprolol, I had trouble breathing. Was switched to Bystolic, started at 5mg, then 10mg. At 10mg I could no longer feel the PACs or PVCs, but again was unable to breath. Turns out I am alergic to Beta-Blockers, but the Bystolic may help you with your symptoms.
With my palps, I have lightheadedness ,dizzy spells, weak, fatigue, and nervousness. I have no exercise tolerance and I used to play baseball and football. So my doctor has said over and over again that my palps are very beighn. The doc has said she is willing to start me on 20mg. of atenolol to help manage my symptoms and rid me of my palps. I have a structurally normal heart, and a resting heart rate of around 60-68 beats per minute.
My doctor recently switched me to Bystolic - and I was given "samples" for a month but no instruction sheet or counter-indications as far as drug interaction. Would there be any problem with the above that I am taking and this drug? Also, I just lost (and want to continue to lose weight) 16 pounds on a diet program and don't want to regain that weight! Does Bystolic cause weight gain?
After several different trials, I am now taking 5 mg bystolic and no lisinopril and my body seems to have adjusted. While I am overweight, I did not gain any additional weight as others have mentioned. I am also not exhausted. I recently had blood work so we will see if it had some kind of effect on my cholesterol as others have had. I hope not. It was interesting to hear that someone else had the heavy legs because my doc seemed surprised that I had that as a side effect.
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