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How did you wean off Metoprolol?
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Hi, thanks for you comment. Glad to see you are slowly coming down and your Afib isn’t showing anymore. Yes, I’ve done multiple echocardiograms, EKGs, a stress test and lots of blood tests and a holter monitor, but only for 3 days since each day was like $100. But with all of those tests, it doesn’t show any heart condition. My naturopath believes it’s a chronic infection somewhere so just running blood tests for other concerns ruling out lyme and other stuff. Only tough thing is being on metoprolol for over 3 years makes it much harder to get off because your body is so dependent on it and feels like a deadly situation at times without it.
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For your information I am 78 years old. My next step is to talk to my cardiologist in the middle of January about replacing metoprolol with food that can do the same thing for my body without the side effects. I'm talking about fish, garlic, hawthorn berries, etc. I'm not experiencing any serious side effects at this point but I am concerned about side effects in the long term even when taking a small amount of metoprolol on a regular basis. I hope you keep trying to reduce the amount that you are taking. I am no doctor but I am thinking that you should go on 12.5 mg a day for a while before you go off of it completely. In addition I have read information that would indicate that flecainide is also a problem in the long term. I don't know how much research you have done in that area but I would encourage you to do so if you have not.