Beta Blocker Medications

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  • arabianhorselover
    arabianhorselover Posts: 1,488 Member
    These drugs are known to cause weight gain.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Is there anybody who takes any beta blockers?? I know that they prevent your heart rate from getting up too high, so I was wondering if anybody has been able to lose weight from exercise while taking any of these medications?

    I take Beta Blockers and I've lost 40 Lbs fairly easily. Your heart rate has no direct corrolation to calorie burn or your ability to lose weight...things like HRMs us your HR in an algorythm to determine an estimate of your level of effort as compared to estimated VO2 max. Again, there is no direct corolation other than if you have a high resting HR and BP issues and you're using a HRM, your calorie burn is going to be inflated because your HR is inflated which brings you outside of the statistical norm.
  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    I take Propranolol ER for migraines and palpitations and weird spikes of heart rate (I have weird blood vessels and tendons, etc that are just too stretchy). I can lose weight, definitely.

    You can check with your doc and play around with the dosages if you remain dead tired (only under supervision). Usually that's just at first. My dosage just got bumped down, because my BP gets too low on occasion now. Maybe my metabolism will increase a touch, but it really is the main disorder than I'm more concerned with!

    Never, ever try to come off these without doctor's recommendation (and he'll taper you off). Sorry, I had to add that last part :)
  • carolwoodcock5
    carolwoodcock5 Posts: 2
    I need help too, I have now put on over 2 stone since i started taking verapamil, clodidogrel ,aspirin,rosuvastatin ,perindrol, and naftidrofuryl all for heart and circulation problems. I have been struggling to lose weight for over a year now and the doc has just given me orlistat tablets which are meant to help me lose weight by not letting my body absorb excess fat ,but as i am on a low fat diet dont see how this is going to work,I am becoming obsessive with what i eat and considering i had an aorta bypass a year ago I walk at least an hour everyday and sometimes 2 hours and also exercise other ways aswell,i fill in my fitness pal everyday but getting nowhere,any of you have any suggestion please let me know
  • HelloSweetie81
    HelloSweetie81 Posts: 55 Member
    I'm on a beta blocker, and I'm trucking along nicely. Don't let it worry you. Just exercise and eat right, follow your doctor's orders, and you'll do just fine.
  • Billybegood
    Billybegood Posts: 32 Member
    I'm on a beta blocker (bisoprolol 10mg) once a day and a calcium channel blocker (tildium retard 90mg) twice a day for inappropriate sinus tachycardia and PVC. So far I've been loosing weight fine and knowing how awful I felt before taking the meds I'd be very unsure about stopping them.
  • mamawolfen68
    mamawolfen68 Posts: 3 Member
    ditto here on taking beta blockers for migraines (and mild anxiety)! I don't like the slight lethargy but it is better than the constant migraines and anxiety!
  • AlysonG2
    AlysonG2 Posts: 713 Member
    side effects for beta blockers include heart attack and stroke, not worth it imo

    Actually, that is what Beta Blockers treats, too...

    I think you may be thinking of Calcium Channel Blockers - that class is dangerous.

    Wow, horribly wrong. Both of you. Please don't listen to this, folks.
  • mrsfickle
    mrsfickle Posts: 34 Member
    I take a beta blocker (propanol) for anxiety. It doesn't give me the weight gain I have experienced with other anti-anxiety meds. No problems with exercise and I have lost a ton of weight since taking it.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    Well, I exercised for that entire time. I always ate all my calories, I used a heart rate monitor, I also ate all calories earned by exercise. It took me about eight months to lose the weight.

    I'm not sure I understand your issue, I guess.

    Not speaking for OP, but when I was on them, if I tried to exercise vigorously, I felt awful because I simply could not get my heart rate up high enough to support the activity. Fortunately they were pretty much optional for me to take, so I was able to just quit taking them.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,415 Member
    Well, I exercised for that entire time. I always ate all my calories, I used a heart rate monitor, I also ate all calories earned by exercise. It took me about eight months to lose the weight.

    I'm not sure I understand your issue, I guess.

    Not speaking for OP, but when I was on them, if I tried to exercise vigorously, I felt awful because I simply could not get my heart rate up high enough to support the activity. Fortunately they were pretty much optional for me to take, so I was able to just quit taking them.

    Well, to be fair, the OP was a couple years ago, and the OP has Deactivated, so ....meh.
  • carolwoodcock5
    carolwoodcock5 Posts: 2
    no change yet in weight and doctors now have me on orlistat (no side effects as dont eat a lot of fat in diet)which i have been taking for 4 month and had actually gained 4lb the last time i got weighed ,summer in Malta too so been swimming for an hour everyday as well as other exercise still no change in weight so think it must just be the mix of 15 tablets a day i take thats keeping my weight up,not giving up though but any ideas are all welcome :) almost forgot doctor has me on 1200 a day and i dont get the extra for the exercise :(
  • arabianhorselover
    arabianhorselover Posts: 1,488 Member
    I was put on a beta blocker years ago, and have always questioned my need for it. Finally, today, I have permission from a cardiologist to get off of it. Yeah!!!
  • Limath
    Limath Posts: 89 Member
    Im having a hard time losing weight on beta blocker,dont have the energy to move most of the time?im on carvedilol12.5 mgs,help please!!!

    I take 50 mg of carvedilol/day for dilated cardiomyopathy & congestive heart failure. The longer that you take it, the more your energy starts to improve, but it takes time to acclimate. I've been taking it for over 10 years now.
  • Janette3x4
    Janette3x4 Posts: 135
    I take beta blockers, actually two different types. Funny because I just looked up the subject last night online! From what I've read I understand that after long-term use you can get a weight gain of up to 2 to 4 pounds. I think that menopause actually makes you gain more than that. I'll stick to my beta blockers. I'd rather be 10 pounds overweight then have a heart attack because I took myself off of them. Plus I really enjoy having my heart rate lower and my head not pounding from high blood pressure. In my opinion I think that anyone who has been prescribed beta blockers should stay on them until the doctor says you can go off of them.
  • msjh14489
    msjh14489 Posts: 1 Member
    I just went off of Coreg and they replaced with Nadolol....I am so sluggish. Put on 20 lbs. After a year eating healthy, working out and still gaining, I decided to wean myself off. I was reading your thread and it took a year to get this way so I expect to get back in shape for competing by next year. I have a low heart rate from being athletic and they lowered it further with the BB....I am no longer a zombie with a foggy head but I have more energy after the 2nd week. I will keep you posted....Oh by the way, my profile pic is me 15 months ago. I am also a scenic artist and I need to get my right brain back. I am painting like a fiend now.
    If you have any good ideas please let me know.
  • LadyLilion
    LadyLilion Posts: 276 Member
    edited June 2017
    I've been on Metoprolol for many years and I do have a slow heart rate. As I sit here, my Fitbit is telling me my resting heart rate is 49. It makes me CRAZY that I exercise and I get a short burst of "fat burn" rate or "cardio" but then it tapers off to "out of zone" and thus Fitbit gives me fewer exercise calories per minute than it would with higher heart rates. I know the "zones" aren't that important...but it makes me feel accomplished to actually have "cardio" or "peak" show up when I exercise...and it almost never does.

    But it doesn't stop me losing weight. Since mid-March I've lost 20 lbs., about 1 lb a week, and I'm eating fairly high calories. 10 years ago I was on beta blockers and I lost 100 lbs. Of course, I gained most of it back, but that's another story. In short, I have no problem losing weight on my medication.
    QuietBloom wrote: »
    Not speaking for OP, but when I was on them, if I tried to exercise vigorously, I felt awful because I simply could not get my heart rate up high enough to support the activity. Fortunately they were pretty much optional for me to take, so I was able to just quit taking them.

    While I don't have any problem actually losing...I can see this becoming an issue. I work my butt off feel I'm really putting in effort and ... can't do better than a fast walk. No matter how much effort I put in, I don't get a sustained higher heart rate. So maybe part of my wearing out so fast and not being able to really work-it is that my heart just doesn't keep up with the need of the body parts. Or...maybe I'm just fat and out of shape.
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