Beta blockers...low pulse but high blood pressure May 03, 2019 11:51AM |
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Re: Beta blockers...low pulse but high blood pressure May 03, 2019 03:05PM |
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katesshadow
Is 57 that low? Mine is typically 52, and runs 47 at night. I am on BB (bisoprolol) for my BP. Which was hugh and likely contributed to my Afib. I have had one episode, in late November 2018.
Re: Beta blockers...low pulse but high blood pressure May 03, 2019 03:16PM |
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Carey
Beta blockers lower BP, so it's unlikely that the metoprolol is at fault, but who knows. Maybe you have a paradoxical reaction to it. The pauses you experienced were probably due to the diltiazem, not the metoprolol.
There's really no benefit to taking metoprolol if you're not actually in afib or flutter. Just carry it with you and take it if/when you go into that rhythm again. Beta blockers make me feel like a zombie too, so that's what I would do.
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Re: Beta blockers...low pulse but high blood pressure May 04, 2019 09:02AM |
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When I got my first episodes of AF, my doctor put me on a beta blocker, I felt terrible, no energy. Then when I got an episode of AF and going back in NSR my heart rate dropped to a flat line for a few seconds, it was caught in my doctors office. My EP had me immediately admitted to the hospital for a pacemaker. I was in my EPs office one time and happened to read my chart and he had noted that the beta blocker probably caused my 1st. degree heart block.
I don't understand why you have to take Eliquis plus the beta blocker after one episode of Atrial flutter, I would see a EP instead of a regular MD. You could keep the beta blocker on hand if you ever go into flutter again. I find that doctors prescribe too many meds that really aren't needed.
Liz
Re: Beta blockers...low pulse but high blood pressure May 06, 2019 11:29AM |
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Re: Beta blockers...low pulse but high blood pressure May 06, 2019 12:32PM |
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allserene
Is 57 that low? Mine is typically 52, and runs 47 at night. I am on BB (bisoprolol) for my BP. Which was hugh and likely contributed to my Afib. I have had one episode, in late November 2018.
Everyone had different circumstances Kate so you may be ok on 52.... They say that Marathon runners etc have a pulse of 40 !
What worried me is that
A: I have been around 72 pulse for many years (every hypochondriac has their own blood pressure meter; and I have two !)...
and B: When my heart stopped for seconds in the hospital...the rate was dipping under 50 (I was watching it), which is not normal for ME but may be fine for you...
I get conflicting info online and some say B blockers reduce rate and pressure, and some say the reduction in rate causes the heart to beat stronger which forces up the the systolic pressure... I am still reading a lot to try and figure it out.... I have just mowed the lawn and I am now at 140/80 with pulse of 62 which is ok as I had my 25mg metoprolol 6 hours ago...... I am going to miss the 25mg tonight and see what happens on the machine in the morning...(If I get that far...eeeek !)..In any case I will keep taking the morning 25mg for a week and take regular readings twice a day.....
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MY Conclusion is that coming off Metoprolol ... CAN cause a 170 systolic pressure quickly followed by a 150 beats flutter
Re: Beta blockers...low pulse but high blood pressure May 06, 2019 07:09PM |
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Carey
MY Conclusion is that coming off Metoprolol ... CAN cause a 170 systolic pressure quickly followed by a 150 beats flutter
Although a spike in BP isn't surprising, you're jumping to conclusions with the flutter. It's very unlikely the metoprolol had anything to do with it. Flutter is just like afib -- it starts when it wants and usually for no particular reason. If you start concluding that whatever you were doing (and paying attention to) prior to an episode, you'll soon have a long list of random things you think are triggers.