Re: Which BP Med Has the Least Side Effects

friend Jim Chinnis wrote:
> convicted neighbor Susan <nevermind@nomail.com> wrote in part:
> > friend Jim Chinnis wrote:
>
> > That was almost 20 years ago. Since
> >> then I've been very active and healthy. But I still can't seem to get off
> >> the beta blocker completely.
> >>
> >> I wonder if I still have any metabolic effects (e.g., elevated blood
> >> glucose) from just 6.5 mg of atenolol daily?
> >> --
> >
> >I think there are two possibilities to consider here; one is that it may
> >turn out not to be in your long term best interests to get off of it
> >completely, but to just find your lowest possible dose with benefits and
> >lessened side effects.
> >
> >The second is a point I'll keep harping on; as you reduce the amount of
> >any adrenally/hormonally active drug you've been on for any length of
> >time, much less decades, you have to go extremely slowly with each dose
> >reduction at some point, making smaller and smaller reductions, and
> >waiting more months in between reductions.
> >
> >I think you've been rushing it lately. Health maintenance is a
> >marathon, not a sprint. :-)
>
> Well, I'm now on 3.25 atenolol mg twice a day and my resting heart rate and
> rate changes in response to exercise feel right to me. And I don't notice
> any swings between doses. The doses are really 3.25 +-1.5 mg, though... It
> helps a bit to break off roughly a quarter of a tablet each morning, split
> that as best I can, and save the second fragment for 12 hours later. I
> figure that helps even out the daily dose a bit.
>
> Anyone know where I can buy a used analytical balance cheap?

If you were to get an analytical balance, you would discover that your
25 mg atenolol tablet does not weigh 25 mg.

Moreover, the quarter tablet (6.25 mg) would also not be 6.25 mg and
you would start wondering about the tablet coating too.

In short, your 3.125 mg of atenolol twice a day is a problematic dose
that would not be solved with an analytical balance.

So much work to weigh your medication (atenolol) and you are not
weighing your food, which also has an optimal amount (dose).

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