Too young to take coreg?

[littlemiracle]

I´m 34 years old and have had palpitations in the past couple of months. Somedays I¨ve had palpitations and other days I haven´t. I went to the cardiologist and wore a holter for 24 hours, he then sent me coreg, half of the 6.25 pill. I don´t really like it cause I feel it gives me shortness of breath. I´ve only been taking it for a week, but I feel it might not be completely necessary. I wanta stop taking it so I´m gonna call my doctor tomorrow Monday to talk to him. Has anyone here taken coreg and stopped? If so, how did you stop? Did you have problems of your condition worsening after you stopped? Thanks.

[huckfinn]

Coreg is known to make you feel really goofy for about a month I doubled my dose about 2 weeks ago to 20 mg/day, and I am still adjusting to it. I take the Coreg CR (controlled release) and it is probably much better. I still am very wobbly like a drunk, lol.

You can never stop a beta blocker which is what Coreg is, abruptly after your system has become accustomed to it, because it can cause a heart attack or stroke. You have only been taking it for a week, so it won't be hard to ween yourself off of it BUT only under your doctor's instructions!

[hopesprings2]

if it makes you short of breath tell you doctor
it might be giving you breathing problems

[Machaon]

Originally Posted by littlemiracle

I went to the cardiologist and wore a holter for 24 hours, he then sent me coreg, half of the 6.25 pill.

What were the Holter results? There should be a summary sheet that gives you a summary of all of the mis-beatings of your heart. You might ask the cardiologist for a copy of the Holter summary, including his diagnosis. Then, if you want to, you can ask others about the Holter results, including fellow heart patients here on HBs.

Obviously something showed up on the Holter which justified your cardiologist trying out a heart medication (Beta Blocker) on you.