I was doing aerobic exercises to strengthen my heart, thus supposedly increasing chances or surviving a possible heart attack. When I mentioned the glyceryl trinitrate I was using to keep my angina at bay, wasn't lasting as long as it used to, I was given bisoprolol. Surely this defeats the object of exercising, as bisoprolol slows the heart down. I might as well not take it and just sit around, no?
Why was I prescribed bisoprolol?
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- 21 Nov 2011 by ARRAN
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- angina, bisoprolol, exercise, heart
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Mary63200928 Nov 2011
No, sitting around & doing nothing is not the answer. Please read the following. It explains that it is indeed part of a healthy exercise program. If you feel your heat rate is too low cotact your prescribing doctor & let them know... Mary632009
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next time I have to see the doc I will tell him/her. Meantime I am cutting to half a pill a day instead of one. Thanks anyway Mary.
I was hoping for some kind of explanation in place of the official advice. It does appear to me that it must limit people's exercise capacity, and I believe it slows down the metabolism too. The answers I seek will not be here, but hopefully with the docs.