I was told that my grandfathers doctor had stopped his atenalol on Tuesday, he was feeling dizzy and they said his blood pressure was a bit low. He has been on 100mg atenalol for several years, I think for high blood pressure and chest pains, at the time he was under great stress as his wife was very I'll. I think it was stress mostly, he was not a young man then.
I was surprised the beta blocker was stopped suddenly like this and not at least replaced with something else. My grandad was 94 years old when he was found dead this morning. I can't help,but wonder about the atenalol stopping. There will probably have to be a post mortem, I don't know yet.
Does anyone know if stopping beta blockers like this is normal?
I've experienced coming off beta blockers and although only on 1.25mg of bisoprolol, I felt some strange twitching in my chest. I was restarted and cut down gradually over weeks.
Personally I think the Doctor should have reduced his medication, not stopped it. If the post mortem reveals a heart problem was the cause of death, I think the Doctor needs to answer some very serious questions.