High Blood Pressure
"I&#039;ve been taking Atenolol 50 mg since 1996. I had no idea that I had stage 3 hypertension. Atenolol,  from what I have been reading today, I have had side effects mentioned here. 



Gout, water retention and chills and very dizzy, almost passing out.

It took a month or so for it to all settle down. It&#039;s probably been two years total after I started on Atenolol the gout pain to go away, seemingly. 

Keep your doctor and pharmacist in the loop or your reactions good or bad.

I haven&#039;t paid attention to my blood pressure other than taking my Atenolol.



Oooops. 

I was just at my dentist, and my blood pressure was insane. 217/118.



Obviously, I&#039;m going to have to toddle over the emergency room. That rate is about where it was in the beginning.

I gave the drug a high mark here. It has worked very well.

I&#039;ve nosed around, and there seems to be a pattern with Atenolol and men over 60 with HPB, that appears to imply that Atenolol loses effectiveness. So boys, keep track of your numbers."