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Stopping Carvedilol (Coreg): When will the effects wear off?
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Jan 28 11:26am | Replies (384)Comment receiving replies
@eileena.... You are exactly right you have to gradually take yourself off this drug... My doses have been decreased but its still hard for me to get. It out of my system... How long were you on it... Im kind of angry that i was giving this drug as an aide for my blood pressure but it actually keeps my blood pressure high and my never before anxiety even higher... Its a very scary drug and i pray its not damaging my heart when there wasnt an issue with my heart.. im soo scared and it really seems there is nothing i can do.. Ive been given anxiety meds but i dont want to rely on those i just want to feel better and get this medication out of my body
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@vbrooks82, I was on Metoprolol after my heart surgery in July 2015. It depressed my heart rate below 55, so the doc put me on a very low dose of carvedolol. My dose was never increased from 3.125 twice daily. I wear a FitBit to track my heart rate and noticed that my heart rate would drop to around 45 while sitting and if I had walked from one building to another at work my HR would go to 122 and then when I remained seated for a few minutes I would nod off to sleep for a short while. So...I talked with my doc and told him I thought it time to remove the stuff from my regimen. He agreed. I had had bad migraines and the carvedolol seemed to keep them at bay until I tried to go off the stuff cold turkey. WHAM! they were like Arnold...they told me "I'll be back!" So...right back on the med. Next I tried only taking it once a day...within a week I had migraines again. So, I just kept taking it.
After while I stumbled onto this board and got the advise to wean off VERY slowly. So, I decided to take their advise and did so.
I feel much better, but my HR is still lower than I like. Not sure it will be much improved due to having had open heart surgery and once touched the heart is never going to be quite as strong. After I have been off the carvedelol for a while I know the doc will start asking if I am ready for a pace maker, but I feel it will be some time late next year before he approaches the subject again as he knows I have to be totally convinced it is the path to go.
But, do not be in a hurry. This is the best advise. Keep a calendar and mark it for the times you skip the carvedolol so you do not forget when you skipped it. I just wrote SC for the skipped doses.
You might just skip once this week and see how you feel. Be absolutely sure you doc is in agreement with you trying to skip your dose so you do not wind up in the ER.