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Side effects of heart medicine carvedil joint pain and stiffness
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Feb 26, 2017 | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
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).
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@predictable and @constanceann. I also take Atenolol for rapid heartbeat and it works well without the side-effects i experienced with other beta-blockers. It was a good choice for me. Teresa
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Thank you for your suggestions and insight. You know the anti-cholesterol drug was so many years ago that I forgot to mention it to the doctor when he prescribed the medicine. I thank God for doctors but sometimes they don't take enough time with the individual patient. When I mentioned some of the earlier side effects I was experiencing and that I told him the pharmacists informed me of the side effects, he kind of got sarcastic and said that the pharmacist need to stop doctoring and stick to their profession. When I approach the doctor now about the new side effects, I am not going to mention my pharmacists but print off the list of side-effects, he can't argue with a print-out. Hats of to your wife for exercising. Way to go!!!! I try and do moderate exercise daily but should do more. But its hard to get motivated when you are sore and stiff. I don't like taking Advil for the stiffness but might have to start. I feel like I am just covering up the side effects of the medicine--treating the symptoms not the cause. Thank you.