Effects

  • Tachycardia

    Anyone that has successfully gotten off of this stuff, did your heart rate go down once off? I developed tachycardia while on this and just wondering if it will ever go away

  • nerve damage

    Effexor has caused a lot nerve damage. It has damage the nerves that go to my heart. I felt an electric shock right where I drew the nerve being cut. Heart rate increases very fast when I stand up and then slows down like it’s about to stop beating. I feel a lot vibrations from…

  • Blood pressure shot up

    Yes. It affected my blood pressure and pulse dramatically; they shot up. It’s taken a few years of being off it, but now I’m back to a normal range. I started off naturally very low to begin with. It’s awful. I’m sorry to hear it’s impacting your heart too.

  • Heart palpitations

    I was on it for years. A Yr and a half ago, I started getting palpitations and high blood pressure. I had some tests and they found I have left ventricle failure. They’ve given me ramipril and propranolol and took me off the venlafaxine

  • ECG Heart monitoring

    Kristin: While taking Effexor it’s recommended to make an ECG and blood testing every 6 months. Salo – how have I never heard this? What country are you in? Kristin   My doc told me that there had been a letter from the producer some years ago which was sent to doctors. In Switzerland