Altace And Coreg - Heart Disorders Message Board

STEVEN138 · 09-11-2004, 07:43 PM

I Take Altace And Coreg Twice A Day For The Past 4 Months. I Am Always Tired And Seem To Get Shortness Of Breath Alot. I Also Keep Getting Slight Chest Pain And Dizziness. I Take The Meds Because My Ejection Fraction Was 39% This Year As To 50% Last Year. 7 Years Ago I Had Quadroople Bypass, What Do I Do? Stop Taking The Meds? Or Keep Taking Them And Deal With The Side Effects? Any Comments Would Be Helpful.
Thanks

Fizzickle · 09-11-2004, 08:17 PM

Steven,

You need to talk to your pcp or cardiologist.

My understanding is that you don't want to suddenly stop taking Coreg; it's a beta blocker and the dosage should be tapered off.

I took Coreg for about 5 years, until I had to be put on a stronger beta blocker for afib.

What dosage of Coreg are you taking?

Regards,
Bill

STEVEN138 · 09-11-2004, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Fizzickle

Steven,

You need to talk to your pcp or cardiologist.

My understanding is that you don't want to suddenly stop taking Coreg; it's a beta blocker and the dosage should be tapered off.

I took Coreg for about 5 years, until I had to be put on a stronger beta blocker for afib.

What dosage of Coreg are you taking?

Regards,
Bill

IM TAKING 5MG 2X A DAY. I DONT WANT TO STOP IF ITS GOING TO HELP BUT IM WORRIED ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS

dylan99 · 09-13-2004, 12:30 AM

Hi Steven.

As you may remember, I'm on Coreg (25mg daily) and Altace (2.5 mg twice a day). Check this page out: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a697042.html and call your doctor right away.

Dylan

STEVEN138 · 09-13-2004, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by dylan99

Hi Steven.

As you may remember, I'm on Coreg (25mg daily) and Altace (2.5 mg twice a day). Check this page out: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a697042.html and call your doctor right away.

Dylan

I WENT TO THE DR THIS MORNING AND HE SAID ALL IS OK,,,GAVE ME SOME LASIX AND IM ALLREADY FEELING BETTER. EKG IS BETTER THEN LAST TIME ALSO.

THANKS