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I noticed recently a new setting in Apple Health under Health Details the option to add/answer the question "Medications That Affect Heart Rate", so apparently when you select this Apple changes how it evaluates your health, but it tells you in what ways. Does this affect the VO2 score? Does it impact my workouts and my scores? I noticed my VO2 dropped by 10 points all of a sudden and was trying to track down the cause. Thanks.
Apple if you are listening I want to turn this off, I had no idea it would drop my VO2 score by 15 points! I am in my 60's, extremely fit, exercise daily, just saw my cardiologist and given an excellent bill of health. I do have my real VO2 score, I just took a stress test. I take the minimum amount of beta blockers on my Cardiologist recommendation, mainly to prevent me from going into AFIB when I redline my heart on Mnt Bike Climbs of several thousand feet. What Doctor on the Apple team decided that if I answer this question my VO2 scores drops by 15 points and I go from High, to below average in a day? The recommendation to improve my VO2 is to start climbing hills, really I live in the Santa Cruz Mountains I hike and bike hills daily, several thousand feet, but you can't figure that out from my fitness + score, geez! Because I signed up for fitness+ and answered this question my CFL went from 41 to 26, IN A DAY! I've gone from High VO2, to below average. If Steve were here, someone would be fired! Please respond and tell me how to turn this OFF!
Hi
i am really glad I found this thread explaining what I experienced.
I am seriously amazed how Apple ignores the concerns of the customers that rely on the watch in context of heart health.
I am amazed how no sensible explanation has been given on score drop in context of medication.
fyi I have an artificial heart valve and entered the medication (atorvastatin) which caused over 10 points drop.
In the health app I turned on a toggle that asked if I was taking any meds that could affect heart rate. In the next three days my VO2 Max went from 36 to 24 and I started burning about 50 % more active calories. 24 is way too low . This is clearly wrong and I have since turned off the toggle.
I’m late to the party but also suffering Apple’s ignorance of fitness metrics being very variable for their core demographic of long time users now aging and changing due a variety of health conditions.
Anyway, the med setting is available indirectly in the health app - tap on your picture at the top of summary page, brings up profile with health details at top of list, tap it, then tap edit, scroll to bottom to edit meds.
Not helpful at all. If you don't know, just say you don't know. If the app is incapable of working with the meds, then say that.
Go to settings, health, health details, click edit and change the value for medicines that affect heart rate.
Did you have a technical VO2 max measurement? A proper one to compare?
No edit options on my series 6, same on the iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 14.3, watchOS 7.2.
Glad that you found the setting after my explanation of where it is.
I am amazed how Apple does not respond!
i have same issue, after heart valve replacement at age 55
Beta Blockers and Exercise Tracking
