She is a Pittsburgh health and relationships columnist, holds a bachelor's degree in nursing from Pennsylvania State University and has over 15 years of nursing experience. side effects of beta blockers include: * dizziness or lightheadedness; may be strongest when you get out of bed or get up from a chair. I very well could be because of Toprol. Beta blockers work mainly by slowing down the heart. I live a good a peaceful life but he doesn't and I have been in the past very codependent with him and with his mother but 3 years ago I started recovery and I'm working hard to not carry his choices and his consequences. Beta blockers usually come as tablets. I am pretty sure my dr is going to not agree with me on meds; but I really question medication methods and have really never taken anything for very long.

Although we strive to deliver accurate and up-to-date information, no guarantee to that effect is made. Why are people eager to reduce or stop their beta blocker medication?

Just another update. We offer this Site AS IS and without any warranties. The information contained on this site is for informational purposes only, and should not be used as a substitute for the advice of a professional health care provider. Beta blockers block the release of the stress hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline. I agree with the "new PA", 12.5 mg to 0.0 mg should not have any noticeable side effects. They do this by blocking the action of hormones like adrenaline. Reduce your daily dose of beta-blocker medicine as your physician directs you, according to your planned withdrawal schedule. A physician will monitor and treat any dangerous changes in condition, such as anxiety, rapid heart rate, confusion, dizziness and chest pain, which could be signs of rebound hypertension caused by reduced blood concentration of the medicine.

However, I did treat my own mother, who was a brittle diabetic, with low-dose propranolol to help control her symptomatic angina and arrhythmias.

Long time no post! Beta blockers are commonly used to help lower blood pressure, usually as a part of a treatment plan that may include an ACE inhibitor (for example, ramipril) and/or a calcium channel blocker (for example, amlodipine).

My cardio's office has a new PA and she told me the amount I was taking was really nothing at all (12.5 mg every other day) and I could just stop if I wanted to. Maintain contact with your physician while tapering off beta blockers. Schedule an appointment with your physician or cardiologist. Adam Timmis's fast facts about beta blockers . Now I've read your comment and just want to thank you so much for your research and helpful advice. Then there were some who continued to utilize beta blockers even after our work was finished too, and weren’t necessarily looking to reduce their use in the short term at least. I had a post not to long ago on trying to wean off Atenolol, a beta blocker. How to know when chest pain may be a sign of something else Thanks for the great post and all the info. But the physical inside was I have had very dry skin for several years. I am hoping an ablation I had earlier this year was successful and if it indeed was, I am planning to begin tapering off a daily dose of 25mg Toprol XL (extended release Metoprolol) in about January and have been looking into this at some depth since when I was instructed to stop my BBs cold turkey for my recent ablation, the first few days seemed fine, but within about 3 days I was having significant symptoms.

This is getting interesting. Ugh, what's a girl to do. That's the way I look at it. A list of national and international resources and hotlines to help connect you to needed health and medical services. Shortly after I became diabetic or at least was diagnosed as such, I got dry mouth and so attributed it to diabetes.

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Gary. I manage my symptoms with natural meds such as l-theanine and passion flower flower liquid extract. March 27, 2015, 10:59 pm. Yep, it is a security blanket.

That dose is just too small.

What I am really shooting towards is starting to run again. At Healthfully, we strive to deliver objective content that is accurate and up-to-date.