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Has anyone else gone totally cold turkey off metaprolol?

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cia42277
cia42277

What did you experience, what did you do, and how long did it take.to get clear. I ask this because anxiety is one of many things I experience that are nasty, but it is the worst.

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  • lee12629
    lee12629 cia42277

    Posted

    Are we talking the blood pressure med?
    • cia42277
      cia42277 lee12629

      Posted

      Yes, Lee. Would appreciate any info. For tonight, I'm off to bed. Will check for your answer tomorrow.

  • lee12629
    lee12629 cia42277

    Posted

    I did sone reading. You are NEVER supposed to go off this med cold turkey. You should be under the supervision of your doctor. Google has alot on the subject. Xx
    • cia42277
      cia42277 lee12629

      Posted

      In desperation, I went to a doctor other that the one who said okay, go off. He told me what you did, and being an older, more experiences doc, immediately put me on clonidine. It handles the blood pressure and has a powerful anti-depressent. It is helping amazingly well. I can still feel some of the hellish stuff I was going through, but I'm on top of it now to a point I can manage. Now, I'm wondering if someone else did it this way, how long it took until it was clear.

  • Peanut1950
    Peanut1950 cia42277

    Posted

    I take a very small dosage of metaprolol.  It's a beta blocker for high blood pressure .Beta blockers slow your heart rate down.  I've never gone off mine.  The higher beta blockers I can't take.  Slows my heart down too much and can't move.  Why did you go off?

    • cia42277
      cia42277 Peanut1950

      Posted

      I was told the interaction between metaprolol and my new med was not a good combination. Thanks for replying.
  • tess33005
    tess33005 cia42277

    Posted

    NEVER go cold turkey from metaprolol - it needs to be done sloely, under you doctorr's supervision .

               love Tess

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