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Reviewer: Am401, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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This medication worked for me for about 7 years. Then, suddenly, it didn't work anymore. It keeps my heart rate down to around 60.
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Reviewer: Jose Head, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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It definitely reduces heart rate, but does nothing to reduce my blood pressure.
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Reviewer: Marlenalynn, 25-34 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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This stuff is horrible and horrible is a understatement....this medication has ruined my life...half my hair has fallen out...horrible depression...sexual dysfunction (not fun for a newlywed)...I'm hoping this pharmaceutical poison hasn't caused organ damage....if I had a time machine I would go back and never touch this med....this med has destroyed my mental health so much that I couldn
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Reviewer: Marshall, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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Effective control for high blood pressure for over 15 years with no adverse effects.
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Reviewer: thankful, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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Dreadful stuff. I am prescribed for Atenolol now which slowed my pulse so badly my poor heart had to pump even harder because I am a very active person. My BP just went higher - so the dose was doubled!!! I felt dreadful. Hair loss; arrhythmias; terrible mental agitation; sleeplessness; thickening facial skin; fingernails cracking; dizziness; etc as well as my son finding a reference to an 8% high
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