Toprol and sleepytime tea

[AndyandAndi]

Im a 38yr old female and was diagnosed with Pvc's last year. I also have Grave's Disease. I had RAI May 2010 to  kill my thyroid. I am on 125mcg of synthroid daily and 50mg of toprol XL daily.  I get these awful adrenaline surges and I dont know if they are panic/anxiety attacks or what.  Im really not a pill taking kind of person, I dont even take a tylenol for a headache.  My question is this, can you drink sleepytime tea or the sleepytime ension tamer tea while on toprol.. I know the tea does not contain caffeine but Im not sure of the herbs and the last thing I want to do is drink something that will interfere with my beta blocker..  Any suggestions/advice you have will be greatly appreciated.  :^)

[DeltaDawn23]

I had a vitamin c capsule called Ester-C that I liked that did not hurt my stomach, but now they've added the following and I'm afraid it might clash with my meds and my arrythmias:
Citrus bioflavoids (citus sinensis) fruit; sweet orange, tangerine, lime, lemon acerole; rutin; hesperidin complex (citrus spp) fruit; naturally occuring vitamin c metabolites.    I am glad to hear about the hawthorn because that is included in several herbal teas, which is all I drink anymore, as the regular black and green teas have caffeine.  Even the decaffinated teas have some caffeine.  Chamomile is good and really soothing.  Also is good for your stomach.  Does anyone have any feedback?

[Madge270]

I have acid reflux and didn't know until recently that mint is a huge trigger for heartburn. Just thought I'd pass it along.  I'm doing better since I stopped drinking mint in tea, mint life savers, etc.

[Jerry_NJ]

Extending the subject of beta blocker interaction.  I learned some time back, I think it was the Fox News Doctor, Rosenberg (or a name near that) who said orange juice can reduce the effectiveness of a BB.  I had previously always taken my morning dose of BB with my class of OJ.  The problem was not limited to OJ.

I no longer drink a fruit juice in the morning.  I may have some later in the day.

[AndyandAndi]

Thank You merileegal and Jerry_NJ for your suggestions.  I really truly appreciate them.  :^)

[merileegal]

The ingredients for that tea are: Chamomile, spearmint, West Indian lemongrass, tilia flowers, blackberry leaves, orange blossoms, hawthorn and rosebuds. Everything in this are harmless to the heart except the hawthorn. Hawthorn is used to help arrythmias of the heart so if you are taking a bb I would avoid this tea since you don't know how much hawthorn is in it. A good thing to do to make sure any tea you take is okay, is just google it. One tea that should be okay is  chamomile tea by itsself. I sweeten it with a little honey or stevia and drink it warm.

I've used hawthorn berries to help my arrythmias but never with another heart med.

[Jerry_NJ]

Only your doctor can answer your question, however can tell you I drink about16 oz of black tea a day... this is the regular Lipton tea, nothing special and full caffeine.  I also take 25 mg of Metoprolol a day.  

I am not aware of any problems caused by my practice of BB and Tea.