How did you wean off Metoprolol?

I ask myself why I am on a med before I go off. Re metropolol, I'm on it to slow the heart rate, in afib mostly due to a leaky heart valve, so the slowed heart rate helps me feel ok most of the time. I get very tired and they say this is a combination of the med and the heart. My cardiologist said I could experiment with the dosage of metropolol which is on the low side. But not to mess with Eliquis since the anticoagulant is the most important piece of the pie since stroke is the biggest danger with afib.

Hi did u successfully come off? Ive been on metropolol for 7 months now and feel dizzy...nauseas...im tryn to see if i can weane off it as i belive this is the reason why and it seems ive never gotten used to this....

Hi..i too have been on metropolol for 7 months .
I bounce between 50mg a day and 25...i think ive never gotten used to this and want to weane off it..i too have been sufferin lately from back and hip pain...
I too was put on it for 1 bout of afib. I also think every 2 months it makes me dizzy and naeuseas...were u able to come off it successfully...thanks colin

Three years of heart disease and have improved alot. 80%. But, I think it can make you depressed. You might need to see a therapist or a group. My cardiology dept does not have a support group, but some do. I'm also into animal therapy, pet the neighbors cats and dogs whenever I see them. Also visit neighborhood horse ranch and commune with horses. Move beyond the physical realm and feed the heart the nourishment of love.

Excellent point on cranberries / warfarin. I drink cranberry juice if INR is way too low.. too many greens. It doesn’t affect INR much I discovered. But best to check any cranberry based product.

Thanks, and for those of us who use Warfarin as a blood thinner, we might have to check out if using Utiva is like using cranberries. Cranberries intensify the blood thinning of Warfarin, so you have to check it out and perhaps use less Warfarin with the Utiva in order to get the right INR. It's easy to make this adjustment if you are careful to do the same doses of both every day.

It is derived from cranberries BUT it is not d-mannose.The owner of Utiva told me that in their clinical trials done in the US, d-mannose combined with Utiva actually diminished the effect of Utiva. I was also told that if I felt a UTI coming on, to just double up on the Utiva...which I did for 2 days at one point.The day before the onset of UTI symptoms, I had eaten a lot of carbs at a party and as always that is a UTI trigger. I still continue to shower morning and night to be sure I am 'clean' and I take the vaginal estrogen which is absorbed almost totally locally I am told and the Utiva. The most important thing to understand is that Utiva is to be used preventatively; in other words right after antibiotics when one has NO infection in the bladder. That is key.

Cystitis is gross. Fortunately I haven't had outbreaks since I stopped being sexually active. Can you tell us what UTIVA is? Sulfa always used to work for me, but it's not allowed with Dofetilide (Tikosin) which many of us use.

Hi Don't get me started (lol) I had 32 UTIs pretty much back to back...except when I started vaginal estrogen (which is a standard therapy). I had a 4 month break but my doctor urged me to get a cystoscopy and I got an infection from it and from then on in it was UTI after UTI...which meant 32 rounds of antibiotics. I think we all know how they destroy the good bacteria in the gut. And since the gut is where 80% of the immune system resides, I was very concerned about my ability to fight infection; little and big..like cancer for example. Long story short, my urogynecologist, Dr Walter in Montreal, suggested I try a new and promising, well researched, over the counter supplement called UTIVA. I fully expected it NOT to work because I had tried everything up to that point including d-mannose, cranberry supplements, vaginal and oral probiotics, drinking lots of water, the vaginal estrogen etc..Dr Walter explained that Utiva is not a cure. It must be taken daily preventatively. So, I ordered the Utiva on line from Utiva Health and started taking it AFTER I just finished antibiotics (for infection #32 in 3 years). I waited for the next UTI...it never came! And here I am about 2 1/2 months later, UTI free! I wish I could share this with others like me who basically live on antibiotics, never feel 100%, with the threat of a kidney infection hanging over their heads. This thread should probably be moved to the kidney/UTI section...where I have written about my experience with Utica.

How did you cure yourself of bladder infections? Please share!