Does any one know about beta blockers?!
Question: Last year i was diagnosed with wollfe parkinson white syndrome a disese of the heart. I was prescribed cardicor 2.5mg. A number of times for the past year i still sufferd with violent palpitations and the doctors didint seem to be answering any of my questions and were happy enough to leave me on the medicine. Eventually i pushed a visit to a heart specialist and he confirmed i did not have the disese in fact i was quite healthy i am 18years old and i have been on those beta blockers for a year of my life i would like to know what can beta blockers do to a person who does not need them at all as i was told to come straight off them and throw them away. I am still getting palpitations that do in fact scare me has the medicine done this ?
Answers: Last year i was diagnosed with wollfe parkinson white syndrome a disese of the heart. I was prescribed cardicor 2.5mg. A number of times for the past year i still sufferd with violent palpitations and the doctors didint seem to be answering any of my questions and were happy enough to leave me on the medicine. Eventually i pushed a visit to a heart specialist and he confirmed i did not have the disese in fact i was quite healthy i am 18years old and i have been on those beta blockers for a year of my life i would like to know what can beta blockers do to a person who does not need them at all as i was told to come straight off them and throw them away. I am still getting palpitations that do in fact scare me has the medicine done this ?
Your problem here is twofold.
First, you feel that the first doctor erred and put you on beta blockers when you, in fact didn't need to be on them. You're worried about what, if any, long term or residual harm that you may have as a result of this medical "error."
Second, you still have palpitations, despite having been diagnosed as normal.
Answer to the first: Residual effects from Beta-Blockers? None. Your body today without beta-blockers is like you never even took them at all.
Answer to the second: You're still having palpitations, which, even if no WPW, LGL, or any of the variants, exists; if you were on beta-blockers, it would probably help you. So even if there was an error, it was probably a helpful error.
Whether you're an anxious person, have excess hormones (like adrenaline or thyroid), have a valvular problem, or even really do have WPW, but one that is transient or intermittently seen; is something that needs to be further evaluated.
Your next step to absolutely rule out any cardiac cause is to see an EPS specialist (electrophysiology studies) where the palpitations can be forcibly reproduced and mapped. If they cannot be reproduced, then the problem lies elsewhere. If they can be reproduced, ie it really is cardiac in nature, you can then discuss with your doctor what options would then be appropriate (ie medication or ablation).
Either way, you and your doctors need to get into the habit of better communications as it is clear that you're dissatisfied with the care that you've been receiving.
Good luck.
Ralph
I don't really know the answer to this. I am wondering if there is some residual medication still in your system since you stopped it abruptly. You really need to ask your doctor(s) about this as could be unrelated to the medication. This is all I could find quickly via GOOGLE:
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100...
yh they help slow down ur heart beat!
all a beater blocker does is slow the heart, it sounds to me like your having panic attacks but i am no doctor.
i do not think that you will have any ill effects from being on them, but i would change your doctor if this was the case with me.
kind regards x Kitti x
Betablockers are routinely precribed to heathy people "off-label" for anxiety. You are not suppose to come off them cold turkey. You are suppose to gradually taper off them over a few weeks. But if the heart specialist told you to stop right aways, your heart is obviously healthy enough to handle it. Your heart rate will increase back to normal after stopping the beta blockers. (beta blockers slow down your heart rate)
Beta blocker: any class of drugs which inhibit the stimulation of the adrenergic receptors responsible for increased cardiac action, used to control heart rhythm, treat angina, and reduce high blood pressure.
My doctors put me on beta blockers for 3 years, found out I didn't have the heart problem they prescribed it for, and left me on it. I had lots of problems with side effects though, so I carefully got off them. Meh, now I'd rather be on them again! You get used to the calmness and low blood pressure.
Be careful getting off of them, as this can cause really bad withdraw (heart problems, etc.)
The beta blockers won't have done you any harm. I take them long term for palpitations and anxiety and have had no problems whatsoever.
You need investigations as to why you're still getting the palpitations. Do you suffer from anxiety? Sometimes palpitations are normal in young people or you could be suffering from Supra Ventricular Tachycardia which would need treatment.
I also found that cutting all caffeine out helped mine.