What dosage are Carvedilol users on?

[kitenski]

Afternoon,

I've switched off bisoprolol onto Carvedilol and am still getting some episodes of Afib/ flutter with a high heart rate during exercise.

I started on 3.25mg Carvedilol twice daily, now on 6.5mg twice daily, the next logical step is to jump to 12.5 mg twice daily.

Just trying to see what dosage others users are on, and did they need to keep increasing until it eventually started to work?

regards,

Greg

[Buffafly]

I suggest you read the NHS notes on Carvedilol. Considering why it is prescribed you might just want to ease up on the exercise?

[kitenski in reply to Buffafly]

Exercise is highly recommended, I was running as slow as I possibly could and still had issues.

[Wilky57]

Hi Greg. I have just been put on Carvedilol from Bisoprolol. I take 12.5, twice a day. My heart rate goes really high if I “exercise” and I don’t understand why. By exercise I might mean baking, walking up stairs and tidying the house. It’s all a mystery to me as I only had my first episode 3 weeks ago. Before that I wasn’t aware of a heart problem, I have normal blood pressure and my resting heart rate used to be in the low 60s. It’s all a real puzzle. Good luck in getting sorted

[kitenski in reply to Wilky57]

That’s a classic symptom of an arrhythmia, hope it sorts you out!

[Wilky57]

Thank you for your help. I know I’ll sound daft but I didn’t realise that. I thought I just had an intermittent irregular heart beat (well, not JUST). I assumed it was a side effect of the tablets. I need to do more research . Thanks so much for your help