Reducing medication

[Lynne75]

Morning everyone I'm after some advice from anyone who has taking propanolol and has either stopped or reducing,the reason I'm asking is I'm weaning myself safely off them but I feel weird at times,so is there side effects to reducing drugs like that when your body gets use to a higher dosage,if so does it get better?x

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Hi Lynne.

The only advice I can give is to see your doctor who will explain how to come off these drugs safely.Reducing the dose should be done very gradually and side effects can happen but your doctor is the one to ask.

Take care Kenny xxx

[PinkCookie]

I'm on propranolol and stopping them because I really don't like te effects of them and don't see them helping, it depends what dose your taking my doc said say your on 40mg for a week, go to 30mg for a week or so then 20 etc till 5 then 0, but if check with you doc ;)xx

[Lynne75]

Hi thanks for both your replies I will be booking a doctors appt to get help once I get down to last tablet,currently I'm taking 2x 10 mg a day morning and night,I've always left 2 weeks before dropping a tablet,I just find my body is finding it harder since I took the afternoon tablet away,I have read that people can have side effects from the dosage dropping in the system,x

[PinkCookie in reply to Lynne75]

Ah I'm on 3x10mg a day and he said because that is such a low dosage I could stop and start them whenever I want some days I can take 3 some day 1, he assured me if your takin this low a dosage you should just be able to stop with no side effects if your only taking them for anxiety he said its people taking them for their heart needs to wean of slower etc because they are taken by people with heart problems some take over 100mgx3 a day, if your not confident take 5mg at night and morning just one cut in half for a little while then stop but check with the doc I'm sure itll be ok ;)!x