I'm on metoprolol (110/70) since 1990. I've had psoriasis since 1980, I
swear my first wife caused it. It goes away in the summer when I spend
much more time in the sun. First wife went away in '84, psoriasis stayed.
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Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Maybe now I'll start a related OT thread. Anybody here take a beta
> blocker for blood pressure or heart rate control? Anyone taking a beta
> blocker also have symptoms of psoriasis, especially inverse psoriasis?
> Did the psoriasis start after you started taking the beta blocker?
>
> Three years ago I was put on a large dose of atenolol (100mg) a beta
> blocker. This was not to control my blood pressure (which is actually a
> bit below normal) but to control my excessive heart rate (possibly from
> heart nerve damage during bypass surgery). 3 months later I was
> diagnosed by my friendly dermatologist as having inverse psoriasis.
> (gets ya mostly where the sun don't shine). After two years of putting
> up with worsening itching, redness and soreness and spending large sums
> on drugs to control it I finally went to my pharmacist and requested a
> history of all my medications. It was studying that list that made me
> realize that the psoriasis diagnosis occured 3 months after I started
> taking the atenolol and I knew that the symptoms had appeared at least a
> month before that.
>
> Off to the that wonderful thing called Google. Guess what? Beta
> blockers are considered an antagonist to existing psoriasis. Well,
> that's what they'll admit to... "Myasthenia gravis or Psoriasis —
> Beta-blockers may make these conditions worse"
> <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/202087.html#SXX18>
> but I know I didn't have any psoriasis before I started taking the drug.
>
> As to the known side effects: My cardiologist who prescribed the drug
> didn't know this. My internist who knew about the prescription didn't
> know this. My dermatologist who diagnosed the psoriasis and knows I'm a
> cardiac patient didn't know this. My druggist who filled the
> prescription didn't know this. Any guess as to why I attempt to do my
> own diagnosis and prescribing when I think I can?
>
> I stopped taking the drug (slowly for a beta blocker) and in about two
> months all my sympotoms went away. I started the drug again and in less
> than two months all the symptoms were back. Stopped again and they
> slowly faded away again. I did this three times to convince the docs
> that the medication was the cause. There are other strange dermatologic
> symptoms too but I think I've finally got the dermatologist convinced
> they go along with the "psoriasis" or whatever it is since they also
> come and go with the drugs and exhibit a dose/response relationship.
> The higher the dose the worse the problem.
>
> Anyhow, watch what you put into your body. It might not be good for you.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Russ Butler wrote:
>
>
>>Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I hate to say it but, if I were you, I'd be very concerned instead of
>>>elated. You might want to read a book called "The Cholesterol Myths"
>>>by Swedish physician Uffe Ravnskov. Not a crackpot but a well published
>>
>>
>>Chuck,
>>Thanks a lot for taking the time to post this material. VERY interesting
>>reading.
>>
>
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