Posted by Peter on March 12, 2002, at 1:39:45
Hello all:
I've been taking adderall XR for a few weeks now. I'm up to 20mg each a.m. Among the many side-effects are intense dry-mouth and freezing hands. But the most disturbing is an abnormally high resting heart rate (sometimes up to 125 bpm). My p-doc has prescribed me atenolol 25mg. I'm a bit concerned by the fact that I'm taking one drug that lowers heartrate because another drug is raising it. Common sense tells me the use of both these medications would have a 'tug of war' effect on my heart, which is disturbing. Does anyone know if it is ok to take a beta-blocker with adderall for this reason? Is it not dangerous? I would think it safer to decrease the adderall dosage rather than add another drug to counteract this side-effect, but the problem is that the adderall's motivational and focus-increasing effects don't occur for me at lower doses. I'm just afraid there's too much of a strain on my heart with both drugs. What do you think?
poster:Peter
thread:97553
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