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by MikeB, Aug 23, 1999 12:00AM
I'm 44 years old with a history of hypertension for the last twenty years. Until 5 months ago I took 100mg tenormin daily. I asked my doctor for a change in meds because of side effects. He prescribed 300mg Cardizem/16mg Atacand and my pressure is great.
Since May I've been getting these "extra beats" with increasing frequency. These would occur standing up, lying down, bending over,walking or sitting. It seemed they coincided when I had gas or felt the need for a bowel movement. I had a normal stress test in June and my doctor described these "extra beats"
as benign and not to worry about them. He prescribed lorazapem to calm me down when these occurred. I continue to get these "extra beats" at least every 2-3 weeks and they last for 3-6 hours and occur every 2-3 minutes. I've been able to "ignore" them but I still don't like the feeling and am looking for some suggestions as to how to handle them. I'm very tempted to go back to tenormin and live with the side effects to forgo these "extra beats". Any suggestions out there....
Since May I've been getting these "extra beats" with increasing frequency. These would occur standing up, lying down, bending over,walking or sitting. It seemed they coincided when I had gas or felt the need for a bowel movement. I had a normal stress test in June and my doctor described these "extra beats"
as benign and not to worry about them. He prescribed lorazapem to calm me down when these occurred. I continue to get these "extra beats" at least every 2-3 weeks and they last for 3-6 hours and occur every 2-3 minutes. I've been able to "ignore" them but I still don't like the feeling and am looking for some suggestions as to how to handle them. I'm very tempted to go back to tenormin and live with the side effects to forgo these "extra beats". Any suggestions out there....
Doctor's Answer
by CCF CARDIO MD JMF, Aug 23, 1999 12:00AM
Dear Mikeb,
Given that these symptoms are so bothersome, i would recommend restarting tenormin after discussing this with your physician. Tenormin is generally well tolerated and has minimal if any longterm ramifications.
Given that these symptoms are so bothersome, i would recommend restarting tenormin after discussing this with your physician. Tenormin is generally well tolerated and has minimal if any longterm ramifications.
