Yes it would make since for your doctor to lower your meds from what I have read from your post.Please rember that he is a doctor and has reasons for lowering your meds.Now It seems to me that the reason he would lower your meds is because of your heart rate.40-50 is to low this is considered bradycarda(low heart rate) See he proly has a goal for you because he may want your bp at a certain number and heart rate at a certain number you being low may be normal for you but he may want you a little higher.See the doctor maybe considering how well your heart will function at this heart rate and be considering how low it goes when you sleep.Doctors don't take chances with their patients life So if he wants you to lower the dose do as he says.Worst case your doc will have to adjust it again if it gets high.BTW they adjust meds like this all the time for patients if your doctor wants it lowerd he has a reason maybe even one I cant understand but that's the only thing that jumps out to me.
Thanks. I do understand that my dr has his reasons. My problem now after lowering it for just one day my bp that has been an aberage of 110?60 is now running 160/90. Thats not good.
Beta blockers, such as metoprolol, do lower the heart rate. They are supposed to do that. I also had to limit my metoprolol because of , what I thought, was the lowest rate that I wanted. I also take lisinopril, which is an ace inhibitor, to lower the blood pressure. It works differently and does not lower the heart rate. I think both of these drugs are good in my case and maybe in yours.
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