I am suffering from dizziness and low BP. Shall I continue Atenolol 50 mg?

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I would like to ask a few questions. Do you ever complain of chest pain associated with palpitation? Is there any family history of heart disease? Since how long you are taking Atenolol? Do have complained of shortness of breath or edema over legs and feet? I would like you to get the following tests done. Echo (ehocardiogram) to check the pumping action of the heart and ECG (electrocardiogram). Your triglycerides are on the higher side. My advise is Atorvas 20 mg (Atorvastatin) once daily after meals for a month. Consult your specialist doctor, discuss with him or her and alter the dosage of Atenolol and get your BP monitored regularly.

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Thanks for your answers and it helped me in understanding the problem more deeply. These episodes of dizziness and low blood pressure are most probably due to the poor pumping action of heart and so I advised you those tests. Atenolol reduces heart rate and that contribute more to the problem. We cannot stop it immediately, so you were advised to get the dose reduced. Ideally, it should be replaced by some other hypertensive medicine, but before the reports come we cannot do anything. So, kindly follow up with the reports.