I have been suffering with severe PVCs for years now every other beat was a PVC and extremely aware of them, not only was it terrifyingly frightening with the fear of death impending but it just put me in such a deep depression I couldn’t function normally and I’m a nurse. I tried every medication they gave me metoprolol, propranolol, atenolol, etc. until they finally hit on a new medication by Bystolic! I hit the jackpot, it was like night and day!
I used to take a slow-release Propranolol 80 mg every day, which caused severe tiredness and extreme fatigue, to the point that I was not able to think straight and sometimes could not even get out of bed. Apparently, Propranolol also inhibits the ability for you to burn fat, not to mention gastrointestinal issues. Depression is also significantly higher when taking Propranolol.
I was put on an event monitor last Month and it was on for 22 days. At the same time, I was put on 100mg Zoloft, 2.5 mg bystolic and Xanax to calm me down. Well, My condition went from maybe 15 a day to 14,400 and it was all recorded on the monitor. The doctor called me and said that I'm having lots of PAC/PVC's and its nothing to worry about. Easy for him to say when i'm thinking I'm about to die.
The last was bystolic and cardizeam. The meds were not working and the side effects from the bystolic were horrible....The cardiologist took me off all meds. My symptoms are worse. I have now started fainting and very light headed. The palpitations are constant. I am always tired. Now I have a squeezing in my chest with pain. The cardiologist wants to do another ablation. He dismisses my pain as heart burn and Im telling you its not Heart Burn!
I have been taking bystolic for several years and for me it seems to work much better than atenolol or lopressor, without all the side effects. I have had to up my dosage a couple of times and right at first my stomach will feel a little off and I may get a very slight headache but it goes away quickly.
My doctor suggested bystolic. It has worked very well for the last year, I have been very pleased with it. In fact, I didn't switch my insurance this year because the alternative company did not want to authorize the use of the bystolic (it's a lot more expensive). I have had no side effects to speak of, much less than the atenolol. I would certainly give it a shot.
ve been on metoprolol before, and had some awful side effects with that one, but the bystolic seems to tame those down quite a bit for me. I've only had two instances in which I could tell I was experiencing some slight side effects (dizziness, slight shortness of breath, pressure).
I've also been told by my GP that, if I find myself with a rapid heart rate or back in A-fib, I can take another 2.5mg dose right then, since it's such a small dosage.
My Cadiologist Recently prescribed Bystolic 5 Mg tablets I per day . I have since begun having dizzy spells Can they be a side effect from the Bystolic?
3 years ago I had a horrible spell of my heart acting crazy. 6 trips to the ER, I hospital admission and 3 bouts of afib. I had been taking atenolol prior to this because of a couple of SVT episodes that had to be chemically converted. After the afib I was put on sotolol which caused new and different palpitations, so then I was put on bystolic which did well. So I've been plugging along with nothing more than my usual pvcs and pacs and pretty much resumed normal life.
My doctor recently switched me to Bystolic - and I was given "samples" for a month but no instruction sheet or counter-indications as far as drug interaction. Would there be any problem with the above that I am taking and this drug? Also, I just lost (and want to continue to lose weight) 16 pounds on a diet program and don't want to regain that weight! Does Bystolic cause weight gain?
On the 6th of October I had a Doctor's appointment. At this time during check in my BP was checked and was a little high. I believe it was somewhere around 151/80. Prior to this appointment I had been having my BP check on nearly a weekly basis since April this year. It had been running most of the time 115 up to130 with most being in the teens over 50s, 60s & 70s with most in the 60s. There have been a few highs such as 145/74, 141/70 & 139/77.
I am a 63 female taking 10 mg Bystolic once in the evening. I have been taking it for a year now and lately have been feeling light headed and slightly dizzy in the mornings when I wake up and then throughout the day. Is this a side effect of this drug? It was prescribed mainly for the rapid heart beats.
Someone of you from this forum might know that I've been annoyed by PAC/PVC for sometime now. Also two of my stress tests came back with "possible positive ischemia"reports...I saw two previous cardiologists who said I should not be too worry about it, and today when I went to see a third one, she prescribed me a betablocker(Carvedilol, I think Roche named it Dilatrend, 6.25mg).
Now from what I understand, betablockers sometimes not calm down PVCs but triggers new ones?
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