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My husband and i have been taking Atenonol for 3 months and my husband wanted to stop it. I read on the web that you cannot stop it suddenly so we checked with our physician and he said it was ok to stop because we were only on a low dose . Three days later my husband died of a heart attack. Was this a coincidence or was it the Atenonol?
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I'm so sorry for your loss. You need to get another doctor as the one you have is an uncaring moron.
My doctor prescribed me Atenolol (25mg) and I was only able to tolerate it for 2 days. my blood pressure dropped down to 96/54 and my heart rate would never go over 64. As a result I always felt weak, tired, lightheaded, and shortness of breath.
So he's taking me off of it but slowly. I'm supposed to take half a dose for 3 days then 1/4 the dose for another 3 days before stopping it. And that's only after taking it for 2 days, yet you're supposed to quit cold turkey after 3 months? That makes no sense.