Has anyone tapered off a beta blocker before?

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I just texted my family doctor and let him know that I dont want to take my beta blocker (I’m on bisoprolol) anymore.

I was prescribed it because I had an elevated heart rate. At that time I was not exercising at all and I was heavier than I am right now.

I’ve been running lately and am losing weight and I feel like I dont need my beta blocker anymore. My blood pressure is low and my heart rate is in the 50’s. I dont want them to get too low and cause me problems.

Has anyone on the forum successfully tapered of their beta blocker?

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I was told by my doctor that i didnt need to taper the beta blocker i was on. He’s an idiot! My pulse rate jumped up to 140 bpm. So definitely taper very slowly and be mindful of your pulse rate.

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Thanks for the reply. I will watch my heart rate. Waiting for my doctor to text me back. I’ll let you guys know what he says.

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I was originally on 10 mg a day, then I took 5 mg a day for the last month. Now today I took 2.5 mg.

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First and only BUMP!

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I quit taking propranolol cold turkey with no issues. If you have heart problems I wouldn’t do so without a doctor to monitor it.

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Please contact your General practitioner about it and don’t do it on your own hands as you may suffer with drawel. I quit an antipsychotic half a year ago that I had used for 20 years. I suffered withdrawal for half a year because I stopped it abruptly as it was the only way for me to get rid of it. After having a rise in my other antipsychotics I finally got peace of mind. If you can tapper that’s the way it should be I will never advice anybody just stopping their meds.

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I have Propranolol. I was prescribed it for anxiety. I’ve been pretty cavalier with it.

I’m regularly taking my pulse and oxygen stats. Nothing seems to change when I take the Propranolol. It had been a give. Now it is a PRN.

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Only thing that was wrong was I had an elevated resting heart rate. I had no problems aside from that. Blood pressure was fine, no chest pain, no heart failure, ect…

Thanks for the reply Mars!

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My dr had me taper off a beta blocker when I no longer needed it after losing a bunch of weight. Unfortunately I’ve gained a lot of it back. Hopefully I get this under control and lose it again. I don’t want to be back on all those meds I used to need

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My doctor just replied to me and said “take half tablet 2,5 mg daily x 1 week then alternate days another week , then stop , check bp and heart rate daily , ideal under 85”
@Natron

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I’m sorry to hear that. Losing and keeping the weight off is hard. You can do it though, i believe in you!

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Thanks @TheCanuk

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