Hi @constanceann. I can try to answer your main question about getting off Carvedilol (Coreg). Getting off is recommended to be gradual, not abrupt. However, you are on a minimal dosage at 3.125mg twice a day (mine is 25mg twice a day), so gradual withdrawal means cutting the number of doses over time rather than the size of the dose. Withdrawal should be coordinated with your cardiologist.

As to your stiffness, I can't relate to that personally. Carvedilol doesn't cause me that problem, although my dose is 8 times yours. You mentioned an anti-cholesterol drug that included a beta blocker. Anti-cholesterol drugs called Statins often have a side effect of stiffening of muscles and joints. Do you remember what your drug was? How does your cardiologist react to your troublesome symptoms from that medication in the past?

Your experience with PSVT (occasional supraventricular tachycardia) is similar to my wife's 15 years ago when she was diagnosed with Diabetes-2; she has taken a beta blocker (Atenolol 25mg) daily since then and experiences tachycardia very rarely. She's not a good example for either you or me, I suspect; she's a heavy exerciser, starting a hour before sunrise 5 days a week in our home gymnasium and is in great shape physically despite her age (which shall go unspecified here).