i have  high blood pressure that bobs up and down . there are times that  it rises to 171/60 and my pulse is 57  to 59. i use to take 50 mg of metoprolol to help my angina and  my blood pressure yhen go  down to my normal 110-120 /58 or 59, seldom over 60. two  days ago, my blood pressure begonegoing unstable  again. now i have 137 - 150 / 47 and  i am not taking medication anymore since my pulse is quite low. what can i do to remedy  my low pulse rate doctor. i have avoided salt this time but to no avail. i got the result of my blood test this afternoon and all items came normal except co2 which is almost equal to the top of the normal range. i repeat, all other items are in the normal range. thank you doctor.
I read your question carefully, and I understand your concern. Even though Metoprolol is excessively lowering your blood pressure you shouldn't despair as there are many other classes of medications for blood pressure without such a side effect. To name the most used ones are class of ACE inhibitors (April etc.), Arms (irbesartan etc.), calcium channel blockers (amlodipine etc.), diuretics (HY Chat Doctor.  So we have plenty of weapons at our disposal. However, they are all prescription