cold effects on lower legs

[mobyfool]

Hi i,m on a low dose of bisoprolol 1.25 even thou its cold at the moment just wondering if anyone else has been suffering from cold feet and lower legs, wondering if bisoprolol cause these effects ?

[BlueDays24]

I’m also on 1.25mg Bisoprolol, and still adjusting to too low blood pressure as a consequence. I don’t know which of the 5 medications I was started on 8 weeks ago is responsible, but I often feel cold. Frequently cold hands and feet, but sometimes full arms and legs are freezing. I think most likely culprits are beta-blocker or ACE inhibitor (or both), as they both drop blood pressure. And the colder weather doesn’t help!

I wrap up warm, wear gloves and warm socks - and am actually sat on the sofa at the moment under a blanket with a fleece hat on as I wait for the worst of the morning beta-blocker dose to wear off.

Stay warm!

[jayjay10000 in reply to BlueDays24]

Goodmorning. You are so right about beta blockers. I experience cold hands and had to wear gloves..My feet and legs wasn't to bad to tell the truth.. This type of medication has effect on blood pressure for sure, I started to feel lightheaded after about 90 minutes. I took my blood pressure once when I had this kind of feeling and I found out it was 87/56....I was on propranolol at the time then got changed over to Bisoprolol and it did exactly the same thing, I would ask your doctor if there is anything else you could try apart from beta blockers. Good luck

[PadThaiNoodles in reply to jayjay10000]

jayjay10000, did you go back to propranolol? If so, did it help any with anxiety?

A few of us here were wondering a few weeks ago if switching from bisoprolol to propranolol had any positive effects on anxiety levels (as the non-cardiac-specific beta blockers are also used for generalised anxiety disorder and panic attacks). The hope was that one could potentially kill two birds with one stone, but no one had any experiences to report of going that direction.

[jayjay10000 in reply to PadThaiNoodles]

Hi there..From my experience, Propranolol does not help with anxiety, if anything it made things much worse, Propranolol supposed to help to carm the heart from palpitations, but in most cases with me, I still experience fast heart rate and fluttering..A lot people on here can not take Beta blockers at all..I went back to my doctors for help over my heart health,thinking I was going to be trying another medication but iam not on anything anymore. My advice is don't take Propranolol or Bisoprolol. Look for taking something else

[PadThaiNoodles in reply to jayjay10000]

Bummer. I get pretty good anxiety relief from my SSRI, but a top-up wouldn't have gone amiss....

[mobyfool in reply to jayjay10000]

I might do that just see how things go thanks

[mobyfool in reply to BlueDays24]

Thanks

[BC4ever]

I was originally prescribed 5mg of Bisoprolol daily, but it made me exhausted because my heart rate was too low. It was lowered to 1.25mg daily and I was told by my Cardiac Nurse to take it before I went to bed. This has made a massive difference and works for me. But I have noticed that I feel the cold a lot more since I have been on all the heart medication.

[mobyfool in reply to BC4ever]

I,ve started to to take 1.25 late afternoon instead of morning

[BlueDays24]

The cardiologist insisted I take Bisoprolol in the morning when I asked about taking it later, so I apparently just have to put up with the low blood pressure effects.

[jayjay10000 in reply to BlueDays24]

You don't have too put up with low blood pressure effects at all, please talk with your doctor to find out if there is anything else you could take

[mobyfool in reply to jayjay10000]

I know when I,ve got low pressure, I suffer from tinnitus and when it's low it makes a slow whirrling noise then the normal noise in the ear and have feelings in chest area ,waiting to see cardiologist .

[mobyfool in reply to BlueDays24]

Waiting to see cardiologist, Don,t know when that will be .