Has anyone been on verapamil and had their doseage decreased and felt better?
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Hi Cynthia--
Not exactly--but I was originally on 240 mg Verapamil daily for about 6 years and didn't seem to notice it one way or another. Then I had a-fib that for the first time lasted a couple hours, and was put back into regular rhythm with a drug at the ER. After that my cardiologist added 20 mg. Atenelol daily. My pulse had been maintained at about 60 bpm, but then with the Atenelol dropped to 50 bpm or less. I called the cardiologist and said Yikes! how slow is too slow (we know 0 ain't good) and they dropped the Verapamil to 120 mg. with the 20 mg. Atenelol --pulse went back to 60 bpm normally at rest, no feeling of any side effects, so that's what I've taken since then (3 years.) So they halved the Verapamil, but to get a good combination with the newly added Atenelol.
I guess there's many possible combinations, our individual differences, plus the doctor's different choices--when it isn't working well, how folks figure it out I don't know. Good luck getting yours "right". --Lisa I.
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