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What Causes Heart Palpitations After Using Coversyl?

Started taking Coversyl 2mg. one month ago and started having frequent heart palpitations, especially at night. I am also on Apo-Hydro 12.5 mg, Synthroid 75 mcg. As a result of the palpitations my sleep is now extremely poor, so poor that the doctor put me on Apo-Trazodone 50mg. The latter prescription did not help with the sleep loss, only made me feel somewhat stoned. I have elevated cholesterol, maybe due to genetics or hypothyroidism , definitely not my diet.
Mon, 21 Sep 2015
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Hi & Welcome.
I appreciate your concern for the heart palpitations while taking Coversyl.
After having gone through your problem described in your query it seems to me that the heart palpitations and lack of sleep could be due to high dose of Synthyroid.
The dosage of Synthyroid should be adjusted in such a way that the TSH level should be in the range of 0.4 - 4 as long as you take Synthyroid for hypothyroidism.

I therefore advise you to consult your treating physician to check the efficacy of Synthyroid by doing thyroid function tests like TSH and to take treatment for high Cholesterol in the form of Statin medicine.

The prescribed medications Coversyl, Apo-Hydro are unlikely to cause heart palpitations and lack of sleep.

Hope I could answer your query.

A feed back is appreciated.
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What Causes Heart Palpitations After Using Coversyl?

Hi & Welcome. I appreciate your concern for the heart palpitations while taking Coversyl. After having gone through your problem described in your query it seems to me that the heart palpitations and lack of sleep could be due to high dose of Synthyroid. The dosage of Synthyroid should be adjusted in such a way that the TSH level should be in the range of 0.4 - 4 as long as you take Synthyroid for hypothyroidism. I therefore advise you to consult your treating physician to check the efficacy of Synthyroid by doing thyroid function tests like TSH and to take treatment for high Cholesterol in the form of Statin medicine. The prescribed medications Coversyl, Apo-Hydro are unlikely to cause heart palpitations and lack of sleep. Hope I could answer your query. A feed back is appreciated.