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Hi Pink,

Beta Blockers have something to do with blood pressure issues. My Dad was on alot of them over the years. I hope this helps you some.

Beta Blockers
Beta blockers are a class of drugs that block beta-adrenergic substances such as adrenaline (epinephrine), a key agent in the "sympathetic" portion of the autonomic (involuntary) nervous system and activation of heart muscle.

By blocking the action of the involuntary nervous system on the heart, beta blockers relieve stress on the heart. They slow the heart beat, lessen the force with which the heart muscle contracts and reduce blood vessel contraction in the heart, brain, and throughout the body.

Beta blockers can serve to treat abnormal heart rhythms (cardiac arrhythmias). They are used specifically to prevent abnormally fast heart rates (tachycardias) or irregular heart rhythms such as premature ventricular beats.

Since beta blockers reduce the demand of the heart muscle for oxygen and the chest pain of angina pectoris occurs when the oxygen demand of the heart exceeds the supply, beta blockers can be useful in treating angina. They have also become an important drug in improving survival after a person has had a heart attack.

Thanks to their effect on blood vessels, beta blockers can lower the blood pressure and be of value in the treatment of hypertension.

Other uses for beta blockers include the prevention of migraine headaches and stage fright (social phobia), and the treatment of certain types of tremors (familial or hereditary essential tremors).

The beta blockers (with brand names) include acebutolol (Sectral), atenolol (Tenormin), bisoprolol (Zebeta), metoprolol (Lopressor, Lopressor LA, Toprol XL), nadolol (Corgard) and timolol (Blocadren). Beta blockers are also available in combination with a diuretic as, for example, with bisoprolol and hydrochlorothiazide (Ziac).

Beta blockers reduce the pressure within the eye (the intraocular pressure), probably by reducing the production of the liquid (aqueous humor) within the eye, and so are used to lessen the risk of damage to the optic nerve and loss of vision in glaucoma. Beta blocker preparations for this purpose include timolol ophthalmic solution (Timoptic) and betaxolol hydrochloride (Betoptic, Betoptic S).

The reason you gain or lose weight on any med is because they reset the body's weight set-point telling it to gain or lose to the new weight. Think of it like adjusting your thermostat. If if you turn the heat up, the furnace runs longer using more fuel and costing you more and vice versa.

Nicotine and the old amphetamine diet pills are examples of meds that lower the set-point allowing to you maintain an artificially low body weight. When you go off them, your body readjusts to the weight it would normally be and people gain weight.

I haven't come across anything you can do to prevent it from happening from meds other than not being on them. Have you looked into natural methods of controlling your blood pressure??

The doc didnt tell you it was for your heart? do you have high blood pressure? I thought a beta blocker was what dakota wrote.. hugs to ya.. hope all goes well.. :)

My mom takes that for her high blood pressure.

Yes I read what Dakota posted on line already earlier today. Its is for high blood pressure.

The doctor told me it was a fat blocker so I am thinking he either gave me the wrong thing or he lied to me again. And if he lied to me again I am done with him.

segulley

Thank you your post helped me so so so much.

pinkpamther

a while back didnt you post you had to go to the er and your blood pressure was really high.??? maybe that is why he gave you a beta blocker...funny tho he didnt mention that is was for your blood pressure.... hugs..