marijuana atenolol

judye · Silver Member Joined: 28 Jan 2000 Posts: 215

I have one friend that likes to smoke marijuana for a few years already. I was trying to stop her, but she didn’t want to accept my advice to stop it. She keeps thinking that is just plant, that doesn’t affect on her life badly. Lately I saw in her room something new, Atenolol. I am worried if that is another drug because she started to act strange lately, so I think maybe those two in accompanied use affect bad to her.

risk · Newbie Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 13

Atenolol is a beta adrenaceptor antagonist, or more commonly known as beta blocker. They are comparative inhibitors and interfere with the action of stimulationg hormones on beta adrenergic receptors in the nervous system. Atenolol works by competing for receptor sites on, in atenolol’s case, cardiac muscle. This slows down the strength of the heart’s contractions and also reduces its oxygen requirements and the volume of the blood it has to pump. Hypertension or high blood pressure may be treated with Atenolol because of their ability to increase diameter of blood vessels. Marijuana effects with decreasing oxygenation of the blood, so organs need more blood to supply enough oxygen to the cells. For now, bad effects of Atenolol is using with marijuana are not known and studies didn’t show us need to any increased care using both of those. Her strange behave might be caused only by marijuana, because it is known depression, anxiety and personality disturbances have been associated with marijuana use. A research demonstrates that marijuana has potential to cause problems in daily life or make a person’s existing problems worse.

AstroMan · Newbie Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

And the misinformation about marijuana continues to flow... depression? personality disorders? Sounds like someone has bought the government line hook, line and sinker.

For a review of the ACTUAL scientific research concerning marijuana and its effects on humans, please consult "Understanding Marijuana... A New Look at the Scientific Evidence" by Mitch Earleywine, published in 2002 by the Oxford University Press.

The difference between what the US Government, and the DEA in particular, wants you to believe, and what science actually knows, is startling. For instance, there are real studies that show that marijuana PROTECTS against dpression and the brain damage that results from the chemicals secreted in the brain as a result of it. Interesting, no?

earthbird1 · Newbie Joined: 25 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

HI,

I ran across this page as I was browsing on the web. I have a family member that has been on atenolo for a while and his life has changed dramatically since taking it. Before taking this drug he road his bike 40 miles a day at the age of 74 he is now 76. He has always been an athlete since he was a young man. He still is very* young for his age, but has had awful side effects that are making life very hard. He does half the things he once did before he was prescribed this drug and, complains now how old he feels.
His doctor prescribed atenolo because of scar tissue on his heart and his active life style. The scar tissue came about from a blast from an air raid attack bomb that hit the house next to his in World War Two. He was just a small boy and the blast stopped his heart. He has lived with this malformed tissue his whole life and has never had a problem. This drug has made him feel for the first time in his life that he has a heart problem.
Atenolo side effects:Anxiety; constipation; decreased sexual ability; diarrhea; difficulty in sleeping; drowsiness; dryness of the eyes, mouth, and skin; headache; nausea; nervousness; stomach discomfort; tiredness; or weakness.
Why is marijuana demonized when the side effects of prescribed drugs on the market today are much much greater. How many drugs have been on the news for killing a person or many people, and deemed safe from the FDA? If atenolo was a drug that was made illegal and marijuana was prescribed for it's benefits then the story would be completely different. We are told these drugs are safe and marijuana is not. My grandfather almost died from a blood thiner he had been on for years. We were told it was safe and it wasn't. Marijuana hasn't killed one know person in history.
I do agree your friend should not smoke marijuana with* this drug. Smoking with this prescribed beta blocking drug will probably make some of atenolo's side effects much worse. If you do ask your friend to not do drugs tell her to get off of atenolo.

Please educate yourselves

~EB

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Actually you have it completely backwards. Some of the main side effects of atenolol include changes in mood and behavior, and even depression. Both atenolol and marijuana can be used to treat hypertension, but atenolol can also cause upset stomach, sleeping problems, nausea, and headache (all of which marijuana can help offset). My guess is that your friend was prescribed atenolol for hypertension and needs to use marijuana to help deal with all the side effects. I wouldn't be too worried about your friend though.

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