Reducing Metoprolol

I'm taking a small dose that was prescribed due to a sudden A-fib situation. I am off any blood thinners other than aspirin and have cut the dose to about 2.5mg 2xs a day. My heart rate is upper 60s to mid 70s at rest. I only got to 130 one time while bowling during the day and it remains in the mid to upper 80s. I have noticed a reduction in libido and a weighted feeling in my lower legs. I've been on it for 8 months +- blood pressure is fine, a little discomfort from time to time in the stomach. Now I want to get off this, but how?

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At that low of a dosage, you can most likely just stop taking it, but you should only do so, if your doctor approves.

If this is the only thing controlling your blood pressure, there is a risk of it soaring back up, if you stop it, according to the NIH, so you do have to be very careful. You could also experience dangerously elevated heart rate.

Have you discussed these issues with your doctor? A different medication may not cause you to experience such side effects.

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