Thanks for this! I too have PVCs (and Long QT, occasional tachycardia, etc.). Metoprolol works for me, especially when I take it with a Super C vitamin that includes Vitamin D and zinc. The doc had tried me on Bystolic when I was in the hospital 2 years ago and it worked too. Glad you found something that helped you and hope that you're still doing well!
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.
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.
I am a 27 year old male who is perfectly healthy, aside from the fact that I take a beta blocker, Bystolic, for high blood pressure. Two years ago, I was evaluated by a cardiologist. I had ECGs, Echocardiogram, Holter, Stress test, Stress echo and everything came back normal. I am scheduled to see a cardiologist in a week and a half. I have been monitoring my blood pressure and it tends to hover in the 130-135 / 80 range. I am quite worried about the increase in PVCs.
The main reason I think beta blockers are useless for PVCs (or can make them worse) is because of how benign PVCs occur and how beta blockers work.
Benign PVCs are usually the result of Enhanced Automaticity. Some backup pacer cells in your heart are too excitable and fire when they shouldn't. One of the triggers for these to fire is a slower heart rate. Beta blockers slow down your heart rate, therefore may provide more opportunity for ventricular pacers to kick in.
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.
how long? 20 years...PVCs..PACs..and lately..some bouts of very rapid very short beats
Most? Not sure..last Holter showed 17,000 in 24 hrs
Many a day? It varies. Some days..zero. Others...lots
Meds? Was on Atenolol for 19 years...grew accustomed to it..so put on Metoprolol...that wasnt doing the trick too well...so Dr tested my potassium level..which WAS within the normal range, but barely. Was on the low side..so wrote me prescription for potassium..2x a day..
I am on a low dose beta blocker for PVCs and it has greatly reduced them from 20% of my beats to 3%....huge difference! I do get bigeminy now which I don't think I had before(not sure though) but I just found this out so I don't know if thats truely related or not. I have not had any problems so far except dizziness and tiredness. GOOD LUCK!
I have NO idea why you are on Cardizem 240 or even 180, for that matter, for PVCs! If your heart is normal and that is ALL he is telling you is wrong, then you should not be on this drug. You need to ask him if your heart is structurally normal, and what your ejection fraction is. Cardizem is usually for A-Fib. I know they will try it for PVCs that are symptomatic and REALLY bothersome, but not just like that. And WHY did he increase your Cardizem? Because of PVCs? That is not right.
I hope that you get some relief soon. I too was leary about trying a beta-blocker for pvcs, a cardiologist I saw 12 years ago said they probably wouldn't help, and might make them worse, yikes.
Fast forward.....I started getting constant bigeminy, couplets, triplets, lots of nsvt. I was 30,000+/day. So I had to try something. three beta-blockers later (metoporol, inderal and atenolol) and I was ready to give up, nothing worked.
As soon as the sotolol was out of my system despite the 50 mg of atenolol my heart was off to the races again, not a fib but tachycardia, pacs, pvcs. It was like it had just quit working for me. Has anyone had a similar experience or heard of meds just not working anymore? Mostly just curious....doc put me on bystolic and that works much better for me now.
Hi, I'm new to this forum. I'm a healthy 36yo Male. I just started having PVCs again for a few months now. I had a Stress test, Echocardiogram and a halter monitor about a year ago when I first started getting them and they couldn't find anything wrong with me back then. They told me everything is fine. Now for the past few months I've been getting a few PVCs a day and my PCP ordered a 30 day event monitor and they found several PVCs and 1 SVT.
After taking it for 3 years it apparently quit working, went into SVT every other day it seemed. I have been taking bystolic now for a while and that seems to have actually helped my PVCs (knocking on wood as I say this). So everybody is different and you can try a beta blocker if your PVCs are bothersome.
I had horrible palpitations and periods of feeling like i wanted to faint. I had a CT with contrast, stress echo and holter monitor. I am on Bystolic 5mg for now. I still feel the palpitations from time to time but not nearly as bad as before. I don't know what types of arrythmias there are. As we all know doctors are pressed for time at every visit so questions are answered very briefly. I wish they could type you a report that you can read and then you can ask questions.
I am a 37 year old female and I was diagnosed with abnormal tachycardia 1 year ago (after 9 years of no answers). My cardiologist started me on Bystolic and it has helped tremendously. I am writing because about a month ago I started noticing my heart skipping beats more often. My heart had done this many times in the past but not like it has been doing this month. It happens more often and the feeling is very strong. It is happening everyday many times a day.
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