Ivabradine - Not Working So Well

[Griffin]

Has anyone else had this experience? I was put on Ivabradine to reduce my heart rate - sinus rythmn - and it worked, my pulse back in the 70's in home monitoring. But over time my heart rate seems to be creeping back up and my breathlessness worse again. Be interested to here from others on their experiences with this drug.

[jonathanireland]

Hey,

I would suggets that if your breathing worse, I would *slowly* wean off the med and make an appt to see your specialist as soon as.

If its not working no point in taking it, But if its making your breathing worse I would wean off immediately.

Do you suffer from asthma?

All these cardiac effecting drugs usually supress pulomonary function on rare ocations

[Griffin]

It's not the drug making my breathing worse. It's the old heart symptoms returning. ie. breathing is related to heart rate. The drug reduced heart rate and therefore improved breathing but no longer seems so effective. My question was whether anyone else had experienced the positive benefits of Ivabradine wearing off over time.

[Csmith3]

I was told that, technically, you should not get used to ivabradine over time.

However, I can empathise with your comments as my resting rate has climbed back up to where it used to be. I am about to increase the dose. I should add that in my case, I have some other health issues causing HR problems at the moment so that may be the reason.