Heartburn all of a sudden.... - High & Low Blood Pressure Message Board

hmf · 09-14-2005, 08:31 AM

I was awake all night with heartburn for the first time in my life, and it's not going away despite Rolaids all day. I am on meds for high blood pressure, is heartburn a symptom of something HBP related? Wondering if this is common.
-HMF

Uff-Da! · 09-14-2005, 08:43 AM

I've heard that many people who are having a heart attack think it is just heartburn. I'd discuss your symptoms with a medical professional immediately to rule that possibility out.

Looly · 09-14-2005, 08:04 PM

HMF.....I never had heartburn until I started taking atenolol. My entire way of eating changed after taking this pill. I tried every combination of food to see if the pain was caused by what I was eating. But it wasn't. Now that I am off Atenolol having normal blood pressure I still have heartburn, belching, gas, etc. and I attribute it all to this pill. What medication are you on? I am wondering if my body's chemistry has changed and that I am suffering with heartburn because of Atenolol or because I am just getting older, but I kind of feel it all started at the inception of taking this pill. It has made me miserable as I really like to "eat" and can't "eat" what I want to because of fear of pain. I'd love to know if anyone else has had this problem.

CASSIEBEL · 09-14-2005, 09:30 PM

I too got heartburn soon after starting atenolol. Had multiple test done and was dixed with hiatial hernia. I never put the symptoms and atenolol together until I read somewhere about beta blockers causing stomach pain and then one of the posters on this board had bad stomach problems while using atenolol.
I still have to take a low dose of atenolol for palpations and have added prevacid to the mix for heartburn. With the prevacid I don't have any problems but before it I had belching, heartburn, chest pain, and a feeling of something too tight aroung my throat even if I had on a low cut shirt.
Cass

Lenin · 09-15-2005, 07:29 AM

hmff,

Heartburn is most definitely a symptom of angina pectoris, but not hypertension. It was my only symptom for YEARS of what turned out to be an almost comple blockage of my right coronary artery.
Try a couple weeks of Zantac and if that doesn't help, go get a stress test with nuclear markers.

If it IS angina you should notice shortness of breath and BAD heartburn on exertion. Try a 5 minute run. Stop immediately if the "heartburn" starts.
AND take 325 mg. aspirin every day til you get a firm diagnosis.