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good evening I have done blood tests everything is fine except the good cholesterol which is 27 the limit is 45 and above for men here in Greece, at the moment I am taking atenolol 25mlg per day, maybe this pill has some effect on good cholesterol , besides I do not walk much all the years I had it 40 to 45 let me be in other b blockers, now I am a year in atenolol and I noticed this decrease any opinion accepted thank you

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sandybrown

Hello,What is the unit of measurement? Total cholesterol? HDL? ,LDL? and triglyceride ?

Age, BP and blood glucose?

Thank you.

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Giorgos1973 in reply to sandybrown

Good evening are prices in Greece sugar 82 normal 65 to 110, total cholesterol 161 limit up to 200, LDL104 with limit below 130, HDL 27 with limit above 45, triglycerides 148 with limit below 165, glucose I did not but it was normal before 6 months, atherosclerotic index 6.0 with a limit below 4.8 age 49 blood pressure at normal levels these thank you all for your interest

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sandybrown

This (medication is used by UK , NHS.

"Atenolol

Brand name: Tenormin. Find out how atenolol treats high blood pressure (hypertension), irregular heartbeats (arrhythmia) and angina, and how to take it."

Do you get any side effect?

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Giorgos1973 in reply to sandybrown

Yes I take it for tachycardia, paradigm has several headaches disturbed sleep dizziness and depressed mood, I was before atenolol in bisoprolol and nebivolol I had about the same side effects, everything is fought but the dizziness and the feeling of despair does not go away

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