
Taking Medicine For Cholesterol And BP. Heart Rate And Bp Normal. Will It Be Safe To Stop Seloken?

Thank you for posting your query. I appreciate your intelligent question and reasoning.
All your BP recordings are normal, except once when the diastolic BP was 92 mmHg. The normal BP for you is 160/90 mmHg or less.
Heart Beat of 92/min is also normal (normal range is 60-100 per minute).
So, in my opinion, you do not require Seloken.
After stopping the medicine, you may check your BP and pulse rate for 10 days. If they remain normal, there is no need to worry. However, if you find that either your BP or pulse rate rises above normal (as mentioned above), you may restart Seloken.
Seloken and prolomet are same medicines (metoprolol).
I hope it helps. Please get back if you have any more queries.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Medicine) DM (Neurology)
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad

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