need info and suggestions quick - Heart Disorders Message Board

siscokid1 · 12-15-2005, 01:59 AM

I have been taking metoprolol for quit a while now but have had to stop suddenly due to lack of funds to pay for doctor,s visits . Now for the past few nights when i lie down and turn on my side , my heart begains to flutter very fast , it does not matter which side i turn on it will flutter but if i lie straight on my back it does not flutter .

What is causeing this ?

Should i be going to the emergency room and staying overnight so that they can monitor it and see what is going on .?

I know that when you are on the beta blocker you are not suppose to stop suddenly , could this be a side effect of stopping suddenly or what ?

I have went several times to the ER and they only take my pulse and check my oxygen which is totally fine and then they send me home saying i have nothing more then gas or heartburn , but i have had gas and heartburn before and neither of those two do this to my heart and make it flutter like it is doing . They say it does not hurt me to stop the beta blocker , etc but from what i have read online and heard it does hurt one to stop the beta blocker .

I have tried several times to get help with my meds but have been deneied by both the state and these so called safty health plans , etc , they say that my asthma and tachycardia are not covered by them etc .

Should i be worried or am i just paranoid

? I am only 33 and have had 1 heart attack already and want to live not die .

susan

Timber · 12-15-2005, 07:51 AM

What were you taking the Toprol/Lopressor for? How long had you been on it?

Yes, quitting the Toprol suddenly can cause symptoms like yours. Since you have a history of heart attack, I'd probably say you should visit your doctor or the ER.

shambbles · 12-15-2005, 08:48 PM

Do NOT stop taking your beta blocker. Find a way to get your meds. I stopped suddenly and had a heart attack. Call you Dr., ask for samples till you can find a way to pay for them.

Good Luck

siscokid1 · 12-16-2005, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Timber

What were you taking the Toprol/Lopressor for? How long had you been on it?

Yes, quitting the Toprol suddenly can cause symptoms like yours. Since you have a history of heart attack, I'd probably say you should visit your doctor or the ER.

You know to be honest with that question i really have not got a clue as to the true reason my doctor put me on it . All i know is he told me i had developed tachycardia and put me at first on metoprolol 50 mg then after about 1 month he increased it to 100 mg .

I did once have to stop suddenly on the metoprolol for about two weeks then my chest started hurting really bad so i went to the ER here in town and they did an x-ray and checked my oxygen level , said i was just fine and sent me home with another prescription for metoprolol for only 30 days , which i have just run out of about 4 days ago again .

I had called my doctor and asked about getting a refil called in but he wants to see me so i called back to speak with the secretary to make an appointment to see him and tried to work out an arangment to pay it later but they refussed and said they needed the money up front . Just goes to show how much doctors care for their patients these days doesn,t it . I think they are more interested in money then anything else .

For how long i had been on it would be about 6 months .

susan

siscokid1 · 12-16-2005, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by shambbles

Do NOT stop taking your beta blocker. Find a way to get your meds. I stopped suddenly and had a heart attack. Call you Dr., ask for samples till you can find a way to pay for them.

Good Luck

already tried that and he refussed to give me samples , he said i have to come in and see him so he can check up on me and see if they are still working

I just hate being cut off my health care cause the dumb state has not got the money , yet i now hear they are going to build a new football stadium , with the money the state saved by cutting me and about 250,000 more really sick people off their health care just to have the money to build it with

That is so wrong and i know of several people who have died because they were cut off , something should be done but here in tennessee they just do not care for the sick . The night i went to the hospital they charged me about 600 $ which i can not pay cause i do not have the money .

I wish some doctor in tennessee would read this and help me to get my medicine and let me make payments on the doctor visit a little at a time , cause i need my medicine .

susan