I’m currently taking Toprol, which is a beta-blocker. However this medicine also lowers blood pressure and mine is fine to start with. My pulse runs very high. My doctors became more concerned when I was in his office and my pulse was at 147. He sent me to cardiologist, after many test they were unable to find anything physically wrong with my heart. They put me on the beta-blocker to lower my pulse & help with the chest pains.
The chest pain started about 5 years ago. An echocardiogram was performed, but the could see nothing wrong. I basically give up on finding an answer for the pain. Until the recent doctors visit. Once he sent me to the cardiologist, another echo was performed along with a heart monitor, & stress test. Still no answer as to why the pain. I’m not sure yet if the toprol is working. I was already tired all the time, now I’m exhausted since being on the medicine. I’ve tried to research medicine options to find one that targets pulse rather than both pulse and blood pressure. So far no luck. Any advice or suggestions?
I have taken Toprol since a heart attack and triple bypass in 1999. I’ve never had high blood pressure, so I didn’t see any particular lowering of the bp. My pulse rate has dropped a lot, however. Pre-heart attack, it was in the low 90s. Since Toprol, it has been in the mid-70s.
Best wishes; keep after the docs until you get answers.
I’m trying to figure out why you are concerned about the effect of Toprol on your blood pressure? You haven’t said that you have low blood pressure, and you don’t mention any symptoms of low bp. Are you thinking that the chest pain is related to it? I have always run a low bp, long before I began taking Inderol which is also a beta blocker. My blood pressure has never been an issue and really hasn’t changed much if at all in the 10 years I’ve been taking it. Do you believe that the medicine is causing your fatigue? I haven’t experienced fatigue as a side effect and I don’t believe it is typically a side effect of Toprol. Could there be another cause that hasn’t been investigated? Have you had any lung studies done?