Beta Blockers if you take them

[Bella the Ball 360]

is losing weight a real problem for you? I am taking Toprol and I must say my weight is really a problem. I put on 10 lbs this year and it just will not come off. Anyone have any tips. I exercise 25 minutes on a gym quality exercise bike...I watch what I eat ...HELP!

 

[disneymama73]

I took a very low dose of Inderal for awhile last year for migraines. I was so tired, I could hardly keep my eyes open. And yes, my weight was a real problem. I wish I had some tips for you, but the only thing that helped me was going off of them and trying a different med. I'm on Topamax now and have lost 15 lbs since starting it a month ago.

Good luck!

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

I took a very low dose of Inderal for awhile last year for migraines. I was so tired, I could hardly keep my eyes open. And yes, my weight was a real problem. I wish I had some tips for you, but the only thing that helped me was going off of them and trying a different med. I'm on Topamax now and have lost 15 lbs since starting it a month ago.

Good luck!

Thanks

IS topamax for hbp? I am going to ask my dr when I go in two weeks about changing if he can. It is killingm me. He keeps telling me that I need to exercise more. Well unless buy a fitness club and do it all day for my job this just is NOT going to happen.

 

[LBAK]

I"m on Toprol too and weight loss is a problem for me. I've been on every diet known to man and can't get it off.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

I was on Toprol but it upset my stomach. I have been on Tenormin for sometime and lost 26 pounds with Weight Watchers.

 

[buckylarue]

I'm on atenolol and have had the same problem. I just did a wikipedia search for beta blockers, and as a class they have an adverse reaction of altering glucose and lipid metabolism (making it harder for your body to process sugars and fats). Great, huh? Have a heart attack, get your arteries unblocked, and get put on a drug that keeps your body from digesting fat so it just goes right back into your bloodstream...

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

I had no idea Toprol did this. I just figured I wasn't cutting back enough. Oh for goodness sake, it looks like a trip to the dr to discuss this. Thanks for posting this.

 

[Laurajean1014]

A person I work with is on beta blockers for a number of reasons (hyperthyroid, etc).

He lost 30 lbs. in 2 months and his heart rate was rising on day. He asked me if he looked ill or different and I told him that he shakes and is quite hyper.

Anyway, he has gained 5 lbs. since last December and has took up marathon running and Iron Man contests. So, I think if you exercise like a crazy man, you may just not lose the weight!

 

[lsyorke]

Thanks

IS topamax for hbp? I am going to ask my dr when I go in two weeks about changing if he can. It is killingm me. He keeps telling me that I need to exercise more. Well unless buy a fitness club and do it all day for my job this just is NOT going to happen.

Topamax is an antiseizure drug with a very off label use for weight loss. It is not for hypertension, and has quite a list of side effects.

 

[paigevz]

My mother takes antenonol (however you spell it) and has had trouble losing weight too. She's pre-diabetic and the dr. wants her to 135. She's at 140 now, it's taken her over a year (to come down from 155) and she walks an hour a day and eats 1,200 cal or less a day.

She's been so frustrated, I'll have to tell her she's not alone!

 

[sm4987]

I was on atenelol and had a hard time losing weight. My dr. told me to go low carb, I did and slowly weaned my self of the pills. Once I did the weight came flying off. Taking the beta blockers certaintly does make it harder to lose the weight.

 

[disneymama73]

Topamax is an antiseizure drug with a very off label use for weight loss. It is not for hypertension, and has quite a list of side effects.

Yeah, what she said. I am taking a low-dose for my migraines. The weight loss has just been an added bonus.

 

[Stitchfans]

I take Beta blockers. but I highly doubt that is the reason I have problems losing weight.