Experiences with

Atenolol / Nifedipine

I am 53 and have had high bp since age 19. It had been controlled for many years and was on nifedipine but when discontinued moved to amlodopine 5mg. In September 24 I experienced few incidents of chest pain & breathlessness with suspected heart attack. A &E rules this out but highlighted my bp was worryingly

hello everyone, hope you don’t mind me joining you all. I’m a 43yr old female who for the last 10 years has suffered with left sided chest pain. At the time was brought on by stress. It stated the day I sat down to the doctors to tell my dad he has weeks to live, he was diagnosed with liver cancer.

hi everyone Mum & younger sister both suffer with high blood pressure. I never have & have been able to take nifedipine for raynauds which has helped a lot! I don’t even often need twice daily. However it’s somewhat irrelevant except I’m suspicious that without it then my rate goes up. That & resting

Hi, I have a Rheumatology appointment soon following a bad case of chilblains which I've had for nearly 2 months on my toes and heels, now ending up with brown think skin developing on some toes which the GP thought looked necrotic at the time, and all toes are usually purple/black looking now. I take

I was hoping to get a little validation from the experts here after a blood test showed Vitamin D deficiency. I pressed my GP to check my vitamin D levels as well as any other nutrients she could check due to concerns that I have over my 40mg omeprazole prescription + prednisolone (40mg today moving

Hi 😊 I was diagnosed with limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis in October 2023, aged 58, after sudden onset Raynaud’s in May 2023, together with very obvious nailfold capillary changes, and progressively worsening musculoskeletal pain and swelling, and intermittent severe burning / pain in my fingers

Hello! Thank you to all who responded to my previous post. I have received a letter from my rheumatologist that he has reviewed all of the baseline diagnostic test for monitoring my Scleroderma and found out from the CT scan that I am showing early signs of ILD (Interstitial Lung Disease), I am on my

I am a 29 year mom of two i was put on blood pressure medication by my gynae some health practitioners argued that with a bp average of 134/85 and not swelling it was a bit too early to put me on bp meds anyway i was put on nifedipine 30mg after delivery and my blood pressure was controlled is there

Good morning everyone. I am on 3 ×5mg Nifedipine and still get some Raynaud's in fingers (I am using an electric blanket in the photo as gas in the UK is now far too expensive) and in cold weather in feet, outside. Does anyone have the same problem?

Isn’t that an 80s song? Hmm. Having some issues from bp meds. I don’t know enough about them. I’m on Candesartan 32mg 1xDay; Metoprolol 200mg XL 2XDay; it’s STILL too high so the third drug is the one we are trying to replace. I did fine on Doxazosin 2mg, 1XDay, for 4 weeks. Then, we decided (my

Any advice about diagnosis would be much appreciated...I have RA and Raynards. Over the past 2 years, my symptoms have widened. My hands have become increasingly red and swollen sometimes swollen with ulcers and splitting skin. I was prescribed Nifedipine which has helped a bit but my face is constantly

Had scleroderma for 10 years suffer with calcinosis on hands just been put on nifedipine for better circulation xxxhaving problems with bleeding hemoroids when I go to toilet xx. Tried creams and witch hazel but antibiotics only thing that heals the tissue xx can anyone recommend anything that will help

Hi I was diagnosed with PAF a year ago and after much trial and error with my drug regime, went, at the end of January this year, on a prescription of 100mg Flecainide twice a day, 12.5mg of Atenolol once a day, 5mg of Apixaban twice a day and 20mg of Omeprazole once a day. The drug taking split is

Have been in permanent AF for 5 years. Was in hospital here in France for 5 days & released with apixaban (blood thinners) bisoprolol (beta blocker) atenolol for high BP. Also take venlaxafine and my own meds to help, such as iron, B12, q10, magnesium etc to try to improve energy levels as always tired

hi , Just wondering people’s thoughts and experiences . It’s a last resort for me I’ve tried everything else . Is it useful for attacks ? Side effects ? getting frequent attacks and fingers are so sore now TIA

I have AF & high blood pressure and take atenolol, losartan and digoxin. I find that when out walking I get back ache across the middle of my back. It doesn’t occur when pottering about at home. I have to stop and rest for a few minutes. My legs are Ok and I am not too out of breath. I was wondering

Hello all, I've been persistent since October and on the waiting list for an Ablation. Medication tweaked and now on Atenolol and Digoxin since mid December which is controlling HR, resting normally around 80 bpm. For the past couple of months I've been suffering regular bouts of pins and needles along

Hi, I was diagnosed with PAF a year ago and put on Bisoprolol which was only of limited success in controlling/reducing AF episodes - I was in AF circa 30% of the time according to my 2 week Holter tests.. After a full heart check in the autumn of last year, which confirmed PAF but that there were no

Hello! I’m 26 and I have muscular dystrophy and cardiomyopathy. I’ve had a bit of a rough patch recently when my meds were changed and before Christmas I had a bad episode where I was home alone, felt dizzy, had an erratic heart rate and called an ambulance. It was because I wasn’t tolerating bisoprolol

Hello everyone, Has anyone found Nifedipine or Minitran patches helpful for Raynaud's? And if you are using these, do you experience really bad side effects? 💚