Ivabradine User Reviews & Ratings

• Suz...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 19, 2022

Ivabradine for Heart Failure "Wow, this drug gave me my life back. Having POTS syndrome (with no cure) left me almost bedridden. Every time I would stand up, my heart rate would go through the roof. I have been on this drug for 5 years now, and I'm finally stable!!!"

• Syl...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 11, 2022

Ivabradine for Heart Failure "This was originally recommended to me when I had the diagnosis of POTS. Since that makes it off-label, it cost $700 for one month of the medication. It turned out that I have coronary microvascular disease, which still makes it off-label, but the angina was so bad that I was willing to try anything, and I was told that this was very safe. I was only able to use it for 3 days before waking up with AFIB. I felt like my neck and chest were going to explode. I immediately restarted my beta blocker. I hate that I spent $700 for three days' worth of pills that landed me in the back of an ambulance and at the ER. I was also even more weak, dizzy, and lethargic than normal. And my resting heart rate was ~90-100 when, while on the BB, it was ~70-80. I was told it would get better. Clearly, it got much worse. And even without a high heart rate, I felt like I could barely breathe."

• Kat...
• March 7, 2022

"This medication almost killed me; literally. I was unconscious for 20 minutes in a bathroom at work when my heart plummeted to 30 bpm in May 2021, and I have not been the same since. I had six hospitalizations. This is nothing like a beta blocker. For anyone who wants to take this for POTS, please be extremely cautious and try other treatments first. I was so dehydrated all of the time from this medicine: visual issues, light flashes, confusion, fatigue, shallow breathing, bradycardia. I give this medicine a 0/10 for POTS. I would do anything to get my simple POTS heart fluctuations back rather than the issues I now have, cardiac-wise and neurologically, from the damage this drug did."

• Clo...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 25, 2023

"2 x 5mg per day for autonomic nervous system problem POTs, caused by Covid. Ivabradine so far is a game-changer in terms of lowering my heart rate and reducing the awful adrenaline rushes and associated pain and bladder issues. I have gone from being so debilitated and unable to stand for long or do much, to starting to get my life back again. Fingers crossed it continues."

• Pri...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 16, 2020

"My POTS changed to Hyper POTS. My HR was 140 just from making breakfast. Everything I tried to do to take care of myself and my family was exhausting to the point I was having scary stroke-like events. Corlanor has been a game changer since Day 1. I'm suddenly able to ease back into being the kind of parent I want to be. It's remarkable. Seems PM dose (1/2 pill) keeps me awake most of the night. Also have light flashes. Still sorting things out."

• App...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• October 23, 2023

"I have had POTS since 2014. It's been hell trying to find something to help the symptoms of POTS. I was given Ivabradine to try because I was getting really bad. I only had to take a quarter and it was enough to give me energy and let me be able to do things. It's been amazing to finally be able to walk around. Side effects though, are not good. I get sharp ice pick headaches, insomnia, atrial fibrillations, head pressure, heart thumping VERY loud, tired, and light sensitivity. I think I'm going to stop taking it daily and just take it when I need to go out of the house because that's when I'm worse. I would still recommend this medication because everyone experiences different side effects, and being able to have some freedom back is pretty good."

• Kat...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 28, 2022

"Please be cautious before using this medication for POTS. Everyone's body makeup is different, but if you have a low resting heart rate or take antidepressants, please be very cautious. This medicine has been used for POTS off-label, and there's very little data to support it. My heart rate dropped to 30 bpm, and I was unconscious for 20 minutes in a bathroom at work. I do not have any underlying health issues with my heart, just a typical normal person with POTS. The visual disturbances on this medicine were horrible, I'll never forget the flashing lights and auras. My memory hasn't been the same since, and I felt like I was in a time warp the whole time I was on it. My cognitive function declined majorly, I'm 27 years old."

• adw...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 8, 2023

"Severe tachycardia with an unknown cause sent me through several medications, and I am so grateful that my doctor found out about Corlanor at a convention. After a failed ablation and rejecting both atenolol and Cardizem for making my problems worse, she built me up to 2.5mg once a day, and my problems are gone for the most part. I have symptoms very much like POTS, and now I can use the stairs and go on walks again."

• Iva...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• December 2, 2023

"It's a love-hate relationship here. I have been on Ivabradine for 18 months for Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST). It has worked to reduce the episodes of IST quite well. I have also taken atenolol for POTS at the same time. The Ivabradine does nothing for the POTS (arguably, neither does the atenolol), with my heart still reaching 200bpm+. I was initially prescribed 5mg, 7.5mg, 10mg, 20mg of Ivabradine to work out my heart rate, but could only manage to get myself to 12mg daily and 75mg atenolol; a minor annoying headache for two weeks when I started, which has gone, but the visual/optical side effects of Ivabradine have been very unpleasant and more chronic with strobing and light sensitivity. I don't believe there are any long-term studies conducted on its usage, and at the 18-month mark, I'm coming off it as my heart is having opposite reactions and dropping to 40bpm for extended periods of time."