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Does being on atenolol cause seizures or epilepsy? i was on atenolol for a long time and experienced a seizure and slow heart beat.
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Doubt..: Atenolol is a beta blocker and is used therapeutically for abnormal rapid heart rates and for blood pressure control. It has the potential to drop a heart rate low enough to decrease brain perfusion and cause loss of consciousness and transient "seizure-like" activity. It does not 'cause' epilepsy' though.
Answered 3/31/2017
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