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Posted by gilbert on July 25, 2001, at 14:54:08
Does anyone know if prozac can lower your heart rate at rest. I have been given only 5mg per day to take and my pulse has lowered significantly. I am in great shape run about 30 miles per week and have taken xanax for 2 years without ever having the xanax lower my pulse....go figure the benzos don't lower my pulse but the ssri does....seems weird......any input would be cool. I have had so much trouble with the ssris's but the doc feels I need the low dose prozac and wants me to lessen up on the xanax a bit he feels I am getting down a bit.....oh well thanks.
Gil
Posted by DaveW on July 25, 2001, at 23:53:47
In reply to prozac and heart rate, posted by gilbert on July 25, 2001, at 14:54:08
> Does anyone know if prozac can lower your heart rate at rest. I have been given only 5mg per day to take and my pulse has lowered significantly. I am in great shape run about 30 miles per week and have taken xanax for 2 years without ever having the xanax lower my pulse....go figure the benzos don't lower my pulse but the ssri does....seems weird......any input would be cool. I have had so much trouble with the ssris's but the doc feels I need the low dose prozac and wants me to lessen up on the xanax a bit he feels I am getting down a bit.....oh well thanks.
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> Gil
My experience on Prozac is that it does somehow lower or lengthen heartbeat but I do not know why. I suffered from occasional attacks of tachycardia and skipping beats due to anxiety (not a physical problem) before being on Prozac but since I've been on it (5 years) there has been no tachycardia and rare skipped beats, which do not seem to be as pronounced as before. Perhaps there is an elongation of the beat--the doctor could probably explain--I think this is true of certain other psychotropics as well. Thus it could be a good side effect unless perhaps a person has some kind of heart rhythm disorder.
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