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Stopping Carvedilol (Coreg): When will the effects wear off?
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Aug 21 10:21pm | Replies (387)Comment receiving replies
The Carvedilol was prescribed by my primary. When I went to the ER because I was having other issues, he saw my BP was still high and said I could increase it to 25mg in am and stay at 12.5 pm. Like I mentioned, I believe my high bp was d/t my body fighting an infection but at the time it was not known I had the infection. (bladder) It was missed at my very first UC visit which was 2 weeks until it surfaced. I have since weaned myself off the carvedilol but am still having some tremors and anxiety but less hopefully each day. I am going to set up an appt. with a cardiologist as I really haven't seen one in several years. He basically gave me the all clear a couple years after my heart attack. This has been a terrible med for me physically and psychologically and I don't think I should have been put on it in the first place. I have had many blood tests since then, an upper gi, bladder checks, and everything is coming out good so far. I just need to shake this feeling I have. It does get relieved if I take the .25 of lorazepam. Hopefully that will lessen each day. Not sure how long the carvedilol can stay in the body. And my blood pressure seems to be coming back down to somewhat normal.
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Thank you for all the feedback. It has now been two weeks since I stopped the Carvedilol and I am probably 90 % better in how I feel. I check my bp every AM and it has been around the 120's over 70-80's. (low 80's). Occasionally it's a little higher than I think it should be (130-140's over 70-80's) I also haven't needed to take the lorazepam since 2/12. I have a cardiology appt. set up for 4/3. I'm a little reluctant to even call my gp doctor to tell her I stopped the Carvedilol and the Zoloft. I think she should have probably suggested to me to see a cardiologist to begin with instead prescribing heart meds herself. And I'm somewhat irritated that she thinks all my symptoms were classic of "anxiety" and that's why she prescribed the Zoloft. And not only that, she started me out on a 50mg dose instead of starting lower. I know some meds work with some people, but the Carvedilol and Zoloft just were not the ones for me. They both really messed with my body and my head. I had all the same symptoms @teatime had except I was able to sleep ok d/t the fact that I was taking benadryl and melatonin, until I would wake and then feel the "surge of adrenaline" like feeling run through my body. Also, I did have kidney function tests done which came back normal, however I was found to have a kidney stone. Hopefully this will all be figured out when I see the cardiologist.
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@lola63, I think you'd feel better with second opinions from medical specialists rather than speculating about what's caused your symptoms. I hope your cardiologist can be helpful. I'd suggest you discuss possible nephrology care with the cardiologist and your primary care physician, and if you can, get a comprehensive diagnosis of your complex of symptoms as soon as you can.