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Can Atenolol Be Taken For Depression?

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Posted on Tue, 23 May 2017
Question: I have depression bad, should I take atenolol? It works well on BP and heart rate, but I wonder about psychiatric side effects
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Ashok Kumar Choudhary (17 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Depression is well known side effect of Atenolol

Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXXXXX
Thanks for using Health care magic.

I read your query and understand your concerns.

I like to opine that your psychiatrist was right when you have depression. The low mood and depression is well known side effect of b blockers and should be avoided as far as possible. I understand that it acts for blood pressure and heart rate but there are other excellent options from calcium channel blocker group of medications.

However I also like to make it clear that if other group of medications fails to yield results we can go for b blockers in cautious way. As we know not everybody develops side effects and same is true in regard to psychiatric side effects with b blockers. So in that situation the risk benefit ratio analysis will favor the use of b blockers despite the known side effects.

I hope this answers you.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
In future if you wish to ask any more questions , you can use the below mentioned link to contact me.

http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ashok-kumar/67386

Thanks and regards.
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Can Atenolol Be Taken For Depression?

Brief Answer: Depression is well known side effect of Atenolol Detailed Answer: Dear XXXXXXX Thanks for using Health care magic. I read your query and understand your concerns. I like to opine that your psychiatrist was right when you have depression. The low mood and depression is well known side effect of b blockers and should be avoided as far as possible. I understand that it acts for blood pressure and heart rate but there are other excellent options from calcium channel blocker group of medications. However I also like to make it clear that if other group of medications fails to yield results we can go for b blockers in cautious way. As we know not everybody develops side effects and same is true in regard to psychiatric side effects with b blockers. So in that situation the risk benefit ratio analysis will favor the use of b blockers despite the known side effects. I hope this answers you. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. In future if you wish to ask any more questions , you can use the below mentioned link to contact me. http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ashok-kumar/67386 Thanks and regards.