I have been running fairly regularly for the last year and have been building up my distance (15 mile route at least twice a week). In january this year I was put on Beta Blockers by my GP for high Blood Pressure. Since then I have been unable to run anywhere near the distance I used to and can now only manage about 4 or 5 miles before i have to stop. Has anyone out there got any advice or had the same problem. It's really starting to p*ss me off now.
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If you run 15 miles twice a week then you must be pretty fit and healthy...!!
and you may or may not have high blood pressure - maybe ask about being reffered to a Cardiologist and get a machine that measures your blood pressure over a week
and if you do have high blood pressure there are lots of alternatives to beta-blockers that won't affect your performance the same way
I'm sorry to hear you're having a rough time but understand you're not alone.
please go back to your GP now, and ask for a different blood pressure tablet
Explain that you are a runner.
E mail me if you wish for more info
ruth
I had the same problem. I was just running out of steam almost as soon as I started a run. After the GP put me onto different tablets I could run again.
S
Have a look at my recent reply concerning Beta blockers and BP.
Good luck
One of the less pleasant experiences of my life...
you should be able to have medication which wont affect your running-id suggest an ACE inhibitor, or angiotensin 2 receptor blocker, and obviously avoid beta blockers if possible
Treating BP is often a case of finding the right drug to suit the paitent-van be trila and error at tiems
but
there are many people on BP meds with no side effects at all
If your BP readings are genuinley that hihg(either on a 24 hour monitor, or with home readings), then you will definitely need medication-sounds liek your lifestyle doesnt need too much modification
Without knowing your background its hard tosay but beta blockers will not help you run
Hi had a "mild" heart attack just over a year ago and was put on beta blockers and rosuvastatin . Found running very hard going and just got very heavy legged .I've now been put on perindopril in addition to the above. To cut a long story short I can manage about 30mins of "jogging" before legs give out. My max HR is way down although when "jogging " feels like its at max, yet as far as walking go's I can walk all day it looks like my running days are down the tubes.
Can you come back from this??
I am a 56 yr old ultra runner with no symptoms who only found he had a QT interval above normal after taking part in a research project on the effect of ultra running on the heart.
Everything I am reading about beta blockers looks bad . The thought of going from running 100mile races to struggling with one does not make me happy.
Anyone out there able to still run on beta blockers?