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Bisoprolol for tachycardia?

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Hiya guys

I've basically has this spontaneous tachycardia which no one is able to put a cause to at the moment. I've been tried on Bisoprolol 2.5mg for this. And to some effect it is working. Before I was ranging from 90-180 now I'm anywhere between 58-130. However I have noticed my blood pressure has gone up! I never used to have a problem with blood pressure but now it's going up to 144/84. Is this normal with beta blockers?

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Last week before the Bisoprolol I was having bps of 118/70. Although I was extremely tachycardic and no one was sure the cause ranging anywhere 140bpm+ at rest!

Now it seems like my heart rate has come down. Actually nearly Brady. 64 BPM but blood pressure of 154/87 this evening! Just abit bizzare and was wondering if there's any correlation to my heart rate lowering the BP is going up. I've never had a bp issue ever before this.

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24 Hour tape normal except confirming I'm in sinus tachycardia in excess of 140 majority of the day.

Echocardiogram normal except confirming the tachycardia of 140

Bloods - iron, FBC, d-dimer, magnesium and other electrolytes, cholesterol. Which have all come normal.

Chest X ray - normal incase there was a clot somewhere was their original thought hence the d-dimer too.

Abit bizzare!

I've got doctors in two days time but was just curious if this was normal. As I've only been on this tablets for 8 days and yes HR down alot which is great but concerning to have a hypertension by alot that I never had before since taking them too.

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