I take 3.75mg Bisoprolol each morning.At the moment I'm also taking an antibiotic which I take around 6pm.
Today I have accidentally taken a Bisoprolol instead of the antibiotic, so I have had a double dose.
I've called 111 and someone will call me back but I'm worrying whilst I wait.
I think you are ok. Some people take a dose higher. It’s split as well, so not all at once which should be better.
Yes the two doses are hours apart which should help.
Dont panic! i take 10mg of bisop, however i am used to it, the only problem you may have is breathing issues if you are sensitive
Thanks for the reassurance. I know some people take 10mg so once I got over the panic I reasoned that I should be ok. But I know you slowly build up to it, so suddenly doubling my dose doesn't sound like a good thing.
just looked it up. You can take up to 10 mg per day so it’s ok. Don’t do it again though! Take care
Thanks. I knew what I had done as soon as I finished the glass of water. I'd put the boxes beside each other and I was talking to my husband and not thinking about what I was doing.I frightened myself! I won't do it again.
I think you'll be fine, some people take 5mg morning and night. It's good to get professional advice though. Just keep an eye on what your pulse and BP is this evening. Drinking water can bring your BP up.
Jean
Thanks Jean. Sound advice. At least the two doses are hours apart. I'll definitely keep an eye on my pulse and blood pressure tonight.
I once took a second (evening) dose of all my tablets only a hour after my morning dose. I was thinking about something else.
So I had a double dose of Flecainide, Bisoprolol, Apixaban and Lisinopril. I phoned the pharmacy and they were reassuring, but said watch out for symptoms of dizziness etc. But fortunately I was fine. I skipped the evening dose though.
I take 10mg a day so personally do not think you will come to any harm but don't. take your next one until tomorrow. I feel sure that 111 will get back to you and say the same.
Sounds like you'll come to no harm, but it's worrying what brain fog can do. I have to inject insulin twice a day for diabetes. More than once I've stood there, syringe in hand, brain elsewhere, and not been able to remember if I properly checked I was taking the right dose, or even if I'd taken it at all. And no way of knowing. Still, lived to tell the tale.
Hi
? the syringe would have been full or empty or could you not remember if you filled the syringe?
Surely you would have an empty bolution bottle about.
Cherio JOY. (NZ)
If he’s like me it’s probably a “pen syringe” meaning it contains multiple doses so it’s is possible to dial up the wrong dose though I’ve taken to taking my insulin doses away from distractions as it is easy to dialup the wrong dose if your attention is distracted.
Exactly that
Hi
Well, we learn something everyday!.
When I gave insulin to an elderly gent in Devon in the 90s I withdrew from the main bottle, got rid of air bubbles and shot it into him.
Thanx for explanation.
My Mum living in the SC Unit that I built on my property late 80s used to wake up and think it was morning from her afternoon nao and take her pills again.
I had to hide them and I gave them to her!
cherio JOY
you should be fine, I take 7.50 everyday!
Hi
Just watch your level of BP and Heart Rate.
I took 10mg a day Bisoprolol daily whivh did not lower my Heart Rate much as was BP.
Not an overdose as such. It depends what its effects is on you personally.
cherio JOY. 75. (NZ)
I know I’m a bit late to the party so to speak, but I wouldn’t worry too much as I took 15mg for years it might lower your blood pressure a bit more than usual and being a split dose its side effects will have been mitigated.
Thanks for replying. The doctor I saw in A&E (explained in my follow up post) said it doesn't lower blood pressure, it just slows the heart. I was surprised as I thought it did both.I've been fine anyway, no problems😊.
I didn't notice your post yday. I've taken Bisoprolol many times over the years. Bisoprolol does lower your blood pressure as well as hopefully slowing the heart rate.
I was also interested to hear that 111 said that the dose was weight related . That's a new one on me.
A few years ago I accidentally titrated up to 20 mg Bisoprolol instead of 10mg in an attempt to calm down a fast AF attack. ( I used a 5mg pack x 4 instead of a 2.5mg pack). It didn't do much for my my AF and I ended up.in A&E being cardioverted. They were not unduly worried about my overdosing or if they were they didn't show it !
Like you, I understood it to lower blood pressure as well as slowing the heart rate, and I'm pretty sure my GP said it. But the doctor in A&E said not. Her words were 'it doesn't lower blood pressure, it only slows the heart.'
The woman at 111 did a calculation to check if the amount I had taken was safe for a person of my weight.
When I got to A&E I told this to the nurse who was taking my blood pressure and pulse, and she said this was right. She said I have a small frame so can't take a larger dose.
Sometimes it feels like I'm wandering through a minefield. I like to have answers, for everything to be clear and joined up, it gives me confidence that I'm in safe hands.
Obviously last night I had nothing to worry about anyway, but one doctor saying a drug lowers blood pressure and another saying the opposite is unsettling.
If you look on the NHS medicines website you will see the ref to Bisoprolol treating hypertension. ( It could have been a new doctor in A&E ...) By decreasing the heart rate , blood pressure is normally lowered.
Thanks, just as we thought then.
Yes it could have been a new doctor, although she seemed competent and confident and had the appearance of someone more experienced.
And if she is new, she should know for sure that what she is saying is correct, especially when said as a fact, or say nothing until she has checked it out.
It could have been something important, but thankfully it wasn't and no harm done.
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