On Bisoprolol for a few weeks now and am getting awful feelings of dread throughout my body. Although it's a small dose 1.25mg it is horrendous. Anyone else having similar issues?
All I will say about Bisoprolol is it is poison. I was also on small dose. It is about time that Drug companies tried to produce BP meds that everyone can tolerate. I feel for you
I was on Bisoprolol 6 years ago 5mg took a couple of months for body to aclimatise to it and 3 months to come off it.
Didn't feel too bad just slowed down my heart and anxiety levels
Only Amiodarone is worse.
Thanks I don't seem able to tolerate any of these drugs
Nor me. The worst ones are those that you think are not affecting you but are slowly in the long term.
Steve, what exactly do you mean by "feelings of dread throughout my body"? Can you explain it more? Most side effects I've had from many different BP pills over the last couple of years have been more tangible ones, such as swollen ankles, diarrhoea, nausea, urgency, sleeplessness and blood tests showing worsening kidney function. Unfortunately, I think many of us are unable to tolerate many BP meds, whilst I know many people who can take them without problems.
I have found Losartan Potassium 50mg which I have been on for about a year to cause the least side effects but unfortunately it isn't lowering my blood pressure, so 1.25mg Bisoprolol was added about 6 weeks ago with a view to the dose being gradually increased. I did experience some ankle swelling at first and inflamed skin around the ankle area; however the swelling has now subsided and may have coincided with the very hot weather a few weeks ago. Still have the red inflamed skin which is something that started when on Amlodipine for a couple of months over a year ago so I guess it's now being aggravated by the Bisoprolol. About to have another blood test and will see the GP next week. But so far, I seem to be having less trouble than on all other BP pills.
It seems whatever we take for BP causes some reaction to the body. Even if more tangible. Our BP might lower but other parts of the body suffer as a result. Still not good.
Yes, of course, Mo - any BP medication will "cause some reaction" by/in the body, whether noticeable or not. That is what it is designed to do. After all those of us with very high blood pressure obviously have some physiological problem going on in the body which needs adjusting to keep us safe. Some people are lucky in that their bodies respond to the BP meds without experiencing any problems - my elderly neighbour is just one such person I know......she is 94 years old and has been taking both blood pressure and statin medication for more than 30 years and remained active, very fit and problem-free throughout.
We are all so very different aren't we. Mo
"Different" yes, Mo, or, in the words of my renal consultant who is handling my blood pressure together with my GP, "an awkward patient"!!! I pointed out it wasn't me that was being awkward but my body!
He he !!!
I had a GP who said that he only knew one person more sensitive to medications and side effects than me and that was his wife:-)
At least he believed you. Some seem to think it is all in your mind !!! Thankfully I think it is getting through nowadays though
It's like a feeling of death washing over your body. It seems to start in my stomach and goes in waves over my head for hours at a time.
I have been seeing a renal consultant at a hypertension centre.
He has a theory that I do not really have hypertension just spikes in my BP so that is why all the meds give me bad reactions.
I take my 50mg Losartan at night. He may well be right, first thing this morning my average of three readings was 171/109 84. Just now it is 130/77 78 and by evening will be lower.
Quite a strenuous morning, I stripped the beds, turned the mattresses and made the beds and have done two loads of washing.
Well if you aren't taking any other medication and you've only been feeling like this since starting Bisoprolol, then it obviously isn't for you and the sooner you are off it the better by the sound of it. There are many other varieties of BP pill to try, Steve - Losartan Potassium is the one my pharmacist said he hears the least complaints about from patients, so worth asking for perhaps?
So that makes at least three of us, Derek!
If that last BP reading was AFTER all that domesticity, then it sounds as though you've found the answer!!
I also have spiky BP and yes that means the tablets will not suit all day long as when your BP is normal the medication is too strong and therefore you will feel ill. I had a 24 hour monitor and the average was 153/84 so they feel I m borderline and just have spikes. Trouble is are the spikes concerning. I think more research needs to be done.