Coreg and fatigue
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It is a combination of Coreg and Tropol XL, I believe. This gives all the benefits of Coreg and reduces the tiredness that people complain about. Our relatives in Europe use the medication and have energy to travel to US and all around the states. I am not sure what the name will be of the medication when it becomes available in the US.
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I just posted something similar under an old question, so thought I would make it a separate expanded post. I've been on coreg (50mg) since I was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy in 2006 (age 54). I've seen doctors from UT Southwest to the Cleveland Clinic. My ejection fraction has been measured from mid 20s to mid 40s. The latest heart cath put it at 30%, the most recent echo put it at 36%.
I was previously on 12.5 mg of Coreg 2X a day for high blood pressure. I am also taking 10mg of Lexapro a day for anxiety. This caused me to become very fatigued and my doctor attributed it to the Coreg so he switched me to 10mg Norvasc every day (after weaning off the Coreg for 3 days). This was 2 weeks ago and I'm still feeling the same fatigue. How long does Coreg stay in your system after you stop taking it?
Hello derrell pitts,
I have to tell you that I am not a medical professional. I am a volunteer. My son was diagnosed with type 1 6-1/2 yrs. ago at the age of 3. My sister wad diagnosed 8 yrs. ago at the age of 24. She also has type 1.
To be completely honest with you, I have not heard of this medication. Since I am unfamiliar with this type of medication and effects, I do not want to give an "opinion" based on my findings from the search engines.
Of the medications you listed, I am very familiar with Coreg. Coreg is well known for causing profound fatigue. It's a fight to cope with it. Every one I know that takes it has fatigue problems. For suggestions, see http://www.wikihow.
I was on coreg, ACE-I, spironolactone, asprin etc. With 12.5 mg x2 coreg and 5mgx2 ACE-I daily I was doing well with my walking and heart condition was more or less stable. Four months after MI I changed my cardiologist and he advised to increase coreg gradually to 25mgx2 daily. I have reached a level of 18.75mgx2 daily in next one month. Thereafter I lost my capacity to walk by half. While walking as soon as my pulse goes beyond 105 bpm I start feeling lightness in head, tired and low.
I assume Coreg is a beta blocker... they are famous for causing fatigue. I take Metoprolol - and I have found that I have adjusted somewhat. The medication still takes it toll on my energy (I think it is the problem, I am a mere 70).
Metoprolol is a selective BB, and is not supposed to affect one's mental state, but it may be the source of your dream problem. I have what I call "trouble mares" every night and have for years.
The arrhythmia has dropped to 37 but I feel absolutely horrible since being on the Coreg. I am constantly dizzy and fatigued. The slightest effort requires that I stop and rest. I feel like I have no strength nor any ambition to do anything. I have also gained weight.I am diabetic and I take metformin, actos and glyburide and I had a lucunar infarct 7 months ago. What can I do to not feel like a Zombie constantly?
My cardio gave me some samples of 10 mg coreg to take once a day and a prescription to fill if the side effects from the metoprolol do not get any better. The side effects from the metoprolol have gotten a little better - I don't feel as exhausted, though as I type this my heart rate is 52 bpm. Plus when I go walking I can't get my heart rate above 95 bpm. Does any one have any comments on the pros and cons of carvedilol versus metoprolol?
I was switched from Atenolol to Coreg in the hopes that it would help with triglycerides, insulin issues and some fatigue. The tachycardia got WORSE! Coreg is a beta blocker but with alpha blocking activity. It's a non-selective a/b blocker which is known to have the side effect of tachycardia. I am going back to my doctor today to ask to get off of this stuff!!
My electrophysiolgist/cardiologist prescribed Coreg and Lisinopril for my condition. I have episodes of ventricular tachycardia, apparently brought on by a focal wall abnormality in my left ventricle. I also have atrial fibrillation. I have an ICD as well. When I mention to other doctors that I take these medications, they insist I must have high blood pressure. I don't have high blood pressure and never have.
Other than that episode there has never been another attack. He is on prinivil and coreg 25mg 2x daily. Since he was at work when this happend WC has been covering it, saw the Dr. on Monday and he told my husband, they will do an echo in Jan and if there has been no improvment, he will need to start seeing Dr. at Tampa General Hosp. to start the process for a heart transplant. Needless to say we have closed the WC file and have an apt on the 17th with a cardiol. I use to work for.
More troubling is that I just began a cardiac rehab program, and did a treadmill workout at a speed/incline/duration (30 minutes) that I have been doing for years - so I know what my response should be. Normally, my heart rate would be around 130-135, and the coreg (presumably) kept it down around 115-120. I felt fine, and was encouraged - but afterwards, I felt extremely fatigued for the rest of the day, and had a great deal of soreness in my legs.
Two, Coreg is an excellent medication, and despite the dizziness and fatigue, you will probably begin feeling better soon. Three, please please visit a website called A Mother's Heart. It is a support network just for women with PPCM! You'll be welcomed with open arms, and there is a world of information available to ease your mind. The women are just wonderful there.
Congrats on the birth of your new little ones!
My medication was an ACE inhiitor and coreg (coreg is a dual mechanism with ACE inhibitor and beta blocker properities and helps dilate vessels and stabilize heart rate).
Dilated cardiomyopathy is an enlargement of the left ventricle, and an enlarged LV can cause arrhythmia (irregular heat rate), and an enlarged LV decreases pumping strength (low EF).
I began feeling extremely fatigued and was having heart irregularities and palpatations. My GP inreased my coreg from 25 mg to 50 for two weeks. It made a remarkable difference in my heart functon. She also decreased my synthroid to 75 mcg. A week later my TSH was 0.666. I still am so weak and tired and foggy. I have to have long naps every day. My GP said it might take 6 weeks or so before everything levels out. After a month should I be feeling so bad.
I knew it was this medication and insisted my cardiologist approached it in a different way. He reduced me to 1.25mg and my angina and fatigue disappeared so we kept it at this level. Now at 7 years later I take 2.5mg. It keeps angina away but still no fatigue. We increased the dosage only because 1.25mg was no longer keeping away the chest discomfort. Most Doctors take the same dosage they issue to all other patients and expect them to simply handle it.
I was on coreg when I was in the hospital and was discharged. I was on coreg for 2 months and then my Cardiologist took me off it. He tried Lisinopril while I was in the hospital however the combo of HCTZ and Coreg and the Ace inhib was causing me to feel dizzy and ill. Now it has been 8 months after my hospitalization and they are trying Lisinopril again. I am up to 5mg and my BP is 90/60 , I feel a little off balance.
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