ON JANUARY 9TH, I WAS @ MY DOCTOR S OFFICE 7 MY BP WAS VERY HIGH .. AS IN 200/ 150 IN BOTH ARMS ......SHE ADDED 25 MGS OF ATENOLOL TO THE MICARDIS HCT [ 80/12.5] & SYNTHROID [ 90 MCG.] I ALREADY TAKE.... SHE ALSO CALLED MY CARDIOLOGIST & I GOT AN APPT THE NEXT DAY. I HAD AN EKG WHICH WAS NORMAL FOR ME...JUST SLIGHT MITRAL REGURGITATION [ I HAVE HAD THIS FOR OVER 25 YEARS] & SHE AGREED WITH THE ADDITION OF 25 MGS OF ATENOLOL. WHEN I 1ST STARTED SEEING A CARDIOLOGIST IN 1994, MY DR [ IN NJ] TOLD ME TO NEVER TAKE BETA BLOCKERS A BETA BLOCKER, & I HAVE BEEN TAKING AN ARB FOR 19 YEARS WITH GOOD RESULTS... I TAKE MY BP EVERY DAY, & IT S BEEN A LITTLE HIGH, BUT NOT THAT HIGH.....AS IN 135/85 TO 140/90, AFTER 3 DAYS ON THE ATENOLOL, I WAS BOTHERED BY A CONSTANT DULL ACHE IN THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF MY BACK & MY U/A WAS NORMAL @ THE DOCTOR S ON JAN 9TH . ... I RARELY HAVE BACK PAIN & I READ THAT BACK PAIN IS A POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECT OF THIS NEWEST BP DRUG I AM TAKING.... NOT TO MENTION THAT ATENOLOL RAISES TRIGLYCERIDE LEVELS & MINE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HIGH, EVEN @ 17 YEARS OLD FOR MY NURSING SCHOOL PHYSICAL. @ THAT TIME, I WAS THINNER & VERY ACTIVE & WEIGHED 112 LBS. NOW I WEIGH 132 AND AM 65 YEARS OLD ...CAN YOU TELL ME IF TAKING ATENELOL WILL RAISE MY TG ;S ?? I WAS PUT ON LOPID, BUT IT WAS DISCONTINUED, BECAUSE I BECAME JAUNDICED !! THANKS FOR YOUR HELP !!