I recently had my blood pressure medicine changed, strengthened I am sorry to say. I was told by my physician that I now am taking a beta blocker, the most noticiable side effect he warned me about is during my workout, he said my heart would not be as fast....that I havent noticed....but I have noticed that my arms feel fatigued, dont know if it is a by product of my spottty training recently due to a broken pool pump, 2 funerals, and a kidney stone, or the new medicine....anyone here have any experience with this? thanks in advance.
I have had very good luck with an angiotensin II receptor blocker, namely, Diovan, which I have been on for the last 7-8 years. I've had no noticeable side effects, and my BP has been better controlled than during the 20 years previously that I was on a beta blocker. The beta blocker didn't interfere with my exercising, but it had other undesirable side effects that I simply learned to live with. Other drugs I tried (and I think I must have tried them all, individually and in combination) left me feeling totally enervated.
Obviously, everybody's different; my point, really, is that if you're unhappy with your current regimen, ask your doc if there isn't something else you can try. There are lots of different classes of BP meds out there. My doc was always very good about giving me free samples to try before committing to a paid prescription.
I have had very good luck with an angiotensin II receptor blocker, namely, Diovan, which I have been on for the last 7-8 years. I've had no noticeable side effects, and my BP has been better controlled than during the 20 years previously that I was on a beta blocker. The beta blocker didn't interfere with my exercising, but it had other undesirable side effects that I simply learned to live with. Other drugs I tried (and I think I must have tried them all, individually and in combination) left me feeling totally enervated.
Obviously, everybody's different; my point, really, is that if you're unhappy with your current regimen, ask your doc if there isn't something else you can try. There are lots of different classes of BP meds out there. My doc was always very good about giving me free samples to try before committing to a paid prescription.
