acr
Well-known member
Hi All,
I'm almost 5 weeks out of surgery and had a follow up today to see if all is well, and I have been discharged from the Cardiac Surgeon, yay! I'm on 75mg Atenolol and asked about getting off it and was told to taper it off, ie. one week at 50, one week at 25. I also have Asthma and my GP/PCP was suprised that I was given Atenolol as it doesn't go well with Asthma, so I'm keen to get off this drug. I've noticed I'm using my inhalers more post surgery, but that could be because I never used 'em in hospital after the chest sawn in half thing as it was a little painful.
Anyone got experiences of doing this as my Google research shows that giving up Atenolol can be less than fun for a week or so after stopping it, until your system adjusts to being drug free.
Is there value in chopping 25 pills in half and go with 12.5, or is it worth alternating Atenolol days with Atenolol free days. Not quite sure why is was put on it in the first place, don't recall my blood pressure being high, though with a leaking Aortic valve I guess the BP numbers will be skewed? I can recall my heart rate going fast (99-ish) post surgery, I guess they were slowing that. I do plan to keep track of my heart rate as the drug gets stepped down, I'll also watch for AF and Tachycardia (never had either, fingers crossed), sound like a plan ?
I'm almost 5 weeks out of surgery and had a follow up today to see if all is well, and I have been discharged from the Cardiac Surgeon, yay! I'm on 75mg Atenolol and asked about getting off it and was told to taper it off, ie. one week at 50, one week at 25. I also have Asthma and my GP/PCP was suprised that I was given Atenolol as it doesn't go well with Asthma, so I'm keen to get off this drug. I've noticed I'm using my inhalers more post surgery, but that could be because I never used 'em in hospital after the chest sawn in half thing as it was a little painful.
Anyone got experiences of doing this as my Google research shows that giving up Atenolol can be less than fun for a week or so after stopping it, until your system adjusts to being drug free.
Is there value in chopping 25 pills in half and go with 12.5, or is it worth alternating Atenolol days with Atenolol free days. Not quite sure why is was put on it in the first place, don't recall my blood pressure being high, though with a leaking Aortic valve I guess the BP numbers will be skewed? I can recall my heart rate going fast (99-ish) post surgery, I guess they were slowing that. I do plan to keep track of my heart rate as the drug gets stepped down, I'll also watch for AF and Tachycardia (never had either, fingers crossed), sound like a plan ?
