Re: atenolol : Coumadin may also make you gain weight......

November 2, 2002

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Hello Frances:

Thanks for doing this vital and interesting research on heart meds

and diuretics and how they can make us gain weight.

I would like to add that for those of us who are on Coumadin,

that it contains sulfonyl urea and that this can also cause hyper-

insulemia or stated simply, an excess of insulin in the body.

I have low blood pressure, SSS sick sinus syndrome and a slow heart

rate. I have cut most of the dairy products I used to consume,so I

am finding it difficult to lose weight at this time because the

particular protein in milk used to help me lose weight....I am

still on a high dose of Coumadin,Tambocor and small dose of Paxil

and in NSR since I have cut out milk and dairy about 95%. Isabelle

>snip>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Recent research shows that beta blockers and

diuretics, the drugs prescribed most often for high blood pressure,

cause high blood sugar levels, weight gain,tiredness and impotence.

Most people with high blood pressure have high blood insulin levels

that can cause sudden heart attacks,diabetes, etc......Fran

November 3, 2002

In a message dated 11/2/2002 8:16:50 PM Pacific Standard Time,

forestbedell@... writes:

<< I have cut most of the dairy products I used to consume,so I

am finding it difficult to lose weight at this time because the

particular protein in milk used to help me lose weight... >>

Hi, Isabelle,

The opposite has been true for me. I have lost weight without trying since

cutting dairy products. I have read that it's the calcium in milk that

promotes weight loss, and I take 1,000 m.g. of calcium daily now that I no

longer drink copious amounts of milk. (I also take both Atenolol, Coumadin,

and Verapamil.) I have also found that cutting additional salt on foods

helps fight the water retention caused by Verapamil and possibly Atenolol. I

hope this helps.

I am back from my great weekend away and ready to face another challenging

week in which I will make more mistakes, I'm sure. :-)

in sinus in Seattle (Day 165)

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