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Tenormin- atenolol
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Tenormin- atenolol
by srk2780, Oct 21, 2002 12:00AM
I have been taking 50mg Atenolol for a couple of weeks. The first time, I took it in the evening (because I picked up my prescription in the afternoon that day)... since then, I have continued to take it at about 8:00-9:00 in the evening. Never before have I had problems getting out of bed in the morning or staying awake in my morning classes... for the past couple of weeks, it seems so hard to keep my eyes open in lectures (even when the topics are interesting). By about 11:00, I'm usually wide awake and can stay up until about midnight. My sleeping patterns haven't changed at all (about 7 hrs per night... pretty good for a college student).
I wanted to know if you thought that my sleepiness might be due to the medicine and if you think that it might help if I started taking the medicine in the morning or early afternoon, rather than in the evening.
I wanted to know if you thought that my sleepiness might be due to the medicine and if you think that it might help if I started taking the medicine in the morning or early afternoon, rather than in the evening.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-M.D.-RCJ, Oct 21, 2002 12:00AM
srk2780,
It sure sounds as if the atenolol (tenormin) could be contributing to your fatigue. Taking the medicine in the late afternoon might change the peak effect to during the night, at a time when you would be asleep anyway.
Before changing your medicine-taking-time, be sure to consider other possibilities for your fatigue ... keggers, new girlfriend, mid-terms, etc.
Good luck.
It sure sounds as if the atenolol (tenormin) could be contributing to your fatigue. Taking the medicine in the late afternoon might change the peak effect to during the night, at a time when you would be asleep anyway.
Before changing your medicine-taking-time, be sure to consider other possibilities for your fatigue ... keggers, new girlfriend, mid-terms, etc.
Good luck.
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When I first started to take it I had the same problem. I felt sleepy.
I switched to the evenings. But now after 2 years I take it in the morning and it does not affect me. I take it because I have Mitral Regurgitation not high blood pressure.