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Re: Taking Tenormin while pregnant?

From: KAH (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:46:56 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Misty wrote: >
>I was diagnosed with high blood pressure recently. We have been trying
>to conceive for over a year. Taking Tenormin (atenolol) seems very
>contraversal. I am taking 25 mg a day. Has anyone had a bad experience
>or fetal deformity with this medication? My doctor reassured me that it
>would not cause harm to me or the fetus and told me that many pregnant
>women take this. Any fed back I can get will be great. This is my
>second time posting.
>Thanks,
>Misty

Hi Misty,

I work in Cardiology and have seen a couple of ladies with high BP. Generally it is a good idea for your OB and Cardiologist to liase and come up with a game plan. If your BP is being controlled by the medications, then I would bet odds that it is not interferring with conception. Also Atenolol although contraversial is much safer than alot of the other medications out there to treat high BP. This is a short quote from my online drug guide..The BNF (2003)

Atenolol in pregnancy "May cause intra-uterine growth restriction, neonatal hypoglycaemia, and bradycardia; risk greater in severe hypertension".

So again if your high BP is well controlled the risks are lower..

Yes many pregnant women do take this medication, but it is safest done under the careful scrutiny of the Cardiologist and Ob..

hope this helps,

best wishes,

--
KAH, (Registered Nurse) mother to a son (13 months)
15w4d EDD Jan 2 2004

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