Allergic Reactions To Atenolol (Page 2)

I have hives and i am curious if there is any documentation on this type of reaction to atenolol?

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My doctor just put me on Atenolol also for AFIB. I don't know why, but he prescribed a really high dose of 50 mg. He knows that I have COPD (severe emphysema), so I was scared to take such a strong dosage. So I quartered the pills making them about 12 mg. each. I just took the first one 2 hours ago, and now I have a ringing in my ears and am itchy all over. Feels like I walked into a fiberglass net. The itching so far is mostly on my face, neck and head. It feels like a million little bugs biting me. I will not be taking another dose of this at any strength.

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I've taken it for thirty days or less and have this overall body itching but with no rash that just started a week ago. I take it at 3:00 pm; the itching starts within 2 hrs after taking it, and last until about 3:00 or 4:00 in the middle of the night.

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I've taken it for thirty days and have this overall body itching, but with no rash, that just started a week ago. I take it at 3:00 pm; the itching starts within 2 hrs after taking it, and last until about 3:00 or 4:00 in the middle of the night.

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Yes, I am also on atenolol for HBP. This is my second breakout of hives also on atenolol. Atenolol is very effective for controlling my blood pressure. Unfortunately I am allergic to it. Cetirizine, levocetirizine and prednisolone don't seem to help.

Can anyone suggest an effective histamine blocker? Thanks.

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I was on atenolol for about 6 months then I started getting this intense crawling itchy sensation mostly on limbs. I could see no rash at first but would itch so much I would bleed. At night it was worse , then it started lasting all day. I used calamine lotion. I would welt up everywhere I scratched. I cleaned my whole house. Still itchy.
I took Allegra and that finally helped but if I missed it even one day I would scratch my skin off. Finally after a year and a half I asked my dr to switch me to something else and 1 week later I stopped taking my allergy Med . Guess what no more itching!!! I can't believe I dealt with that severe itching for over a year. I still have some scars on my legs.

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If I’m allergic to ayenol, how long does it take my lip to swell? I take in the morning but lip swell at bedtime?

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I've been on Atenolol for 5 years. I never did care for it because it seemed to make me drowsy during the day, but unable to sleep at night. Anyway, for about the last 6 months I have had this intense itching and outbreak of spots. In addition, I only take 5 mg Amlodipine and low dose aspirin, for my BP.
Saw MD. today. Insisted it cannot be the Atenolol, "it's just a part of aging," and I have to "live with it." Why is it that the doctors ALWAYS tell you it isn't the medicine and make you feel that you are weird for having these reactions?

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