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Taking Metroprolol Tartrate. High Blood Pressure. Should I Take Losartan?
Hello..i been taking metoprolol tartrate 50 am & 50pm for a lil over year now & it wasn helpn my bp but good for hearrate..the dr just recently switch me to losartran & it brought my bp down & she weanin me off the metoprolol..but for the past days,my bp good but hearrate,stays,at 120 to 134...its uncomfortable...so do i need to take my 100mg Losartran & take metoprolol 50mg twice a day to gt my hearrate normal? im so confused..Thanks if u can help
Mon, 29 Apr 2013
Dear Sir/Madam
Thanks for writing to us.
first goal in your case is to control blood pressure. If your blood pressure is controlled with losartan, then i would like you to wait. As the metoprolol is being withdrawn it is likely that your heart rate will go up (certain pharamacological mechanism occur). Once it is completely withdrawn, heart rate will also come down after sometime. During the withdrawal Your BP should not go above the target, so check it regularly.
whenever our heart rate is more than usual, but not extremely high (like >180 bpm). we always look for a cause and try to treat it. In your case cause is evident.
What kind of discomfort you have with increased heart rate? is it only a worry about increased heart rate? please mention.
hope it is clear now.
sincerely
sukhvinder singh
Thanks for writing to us.
first goal in your case is to control blood pressure. If your blood pressure is controlled with losartan, then i would like you to wait. As the metoprolol is being withdrawn it is likely that your heart rate will go up (certain pharamacological mechanism occur). Once it is completely withdrawn, heart rate will also come down after sometime. During the withdrawal Your BP should not go above the target, so check it regularly.
whenever our heart rate is more than usual, but not extremely high (like >180 bpm). we always look for a cause and try to treat it. In your case cause is evident.
What kind of discomfort you have with increased heart rate? is it only a worry about increased heart rate? please mention.
hope it is clear now.
sincerely
sukhvinder singh
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