TOPROL XL Reviews (METOPROLOL SUCCINATE)

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TOPROL XL  (METOPROLOL SUCCINATE):  This medication is a beta-blocker used to treat chest pain (angina), heart failure, and high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This drug works by blocking the action of certain natural chemicals in your body (such as epinephrine) that affect the heart and blood vessels. This lowers heart rate, blood pressure, and strain on the heart.   FDA Approval Date: 1992-01-10 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 5  irregular heart beat less migraines best beta blocker i have taken, and i have been on all of them. F 72 10 years
50 mg
1/1/2020
 5  migraine prevention 46 yr old male with highly stressful job (PI Trial Attorney). Excellent medication. Downside: strange dreams at night and at 60 mins after taking, you are sleeping. However, it works! No migraines for 60 days. Weigh risks vs. benefits and for me, the benefits clearly outweigh the downsides. Definately try it and use Amerge only for "acute" migraines. Also, this medication has steadied and reduced my blood pressure. Definately will stay on this drug. Tried others for migraines but they had huge side effects. M 46 60 days
50 MG 1X day
11/14/2015
 5  SVT / BP Fatigue Been on Torpol XL, 25mg, for 8-years. The med has been around a very long time which, when my condition was discovered, I requested this med. Symptoms are fairly intense the first month or so. Fatigue mainly, some anxiety. My symptoms subsided after a few months. I am a runner, completing several 10k and half marathons in the past year. Exercise is a bit different while on Toprol XL. My heart rate increases very slowly and will not peak above 130 BPM. Sort of like limiting fuel to an engine. To compensate I simply run slower. M 50 8 years
25mg 1X day
4/8/2015
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 5  Heart Palpatations, High B/P, aryth
1X day
8/29/2014
 5  myotonia PROMM; high blood-pressure None, (no noticeable bad side effects) It has worked to bring my blood-pressure to normal despite needing to fight severe chronic pain which usually has the affect on the heart similar to what running would. I have been on 5 other heart meds including diuretics and this is the only one that did not cause bad side effects, irritations, or other concerns. When quinine sulfate was taken off the market for my muscles this medicine was suggested to help with easing the tightened muscles... it has helped some in that regard as well, but not quite as much as what quinine sulfate did. F 44 6 years
200 mg 1X day
3/5/2014
 5  Stent Extremely low heart rate, 50 when sitting and low 40's lying down. Feel weird when waking with so low of a heart rate but that goes away and the rate goes up when I flex my thigh muscles. Told the doctor this and he said great, that's what we want. No other side effects. M 66 6 years
25 mg 1X day
8/1/2013
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 5  Dilated Cardiomyopathy Impotence Using both Toprol XL and Liprinosil , my heart recovered from an ejection fraction of 30 % to 48% in just a couple of years. I have almost no physical limitations and go hiking with friends in steep terain sometimes in summer. I also go to the gym with no limitations from my doctor. M 58 10 years
150mg 2X day
4/14/2012
 5  A-Fib Reduced, normalized heart rate (very good), some weight gain (10lbs), some decrease in sex drive, alot less anxiety. I have suffered with panic disorder and chronic anxiety, took Xanax for many years, with Metoprolol I was able to completely withdraw from Xanax (awesome result..)... Went to the ER last March for A-fib, horrible experience. A-fib stopped when I took 25mg Xanax that I happened to have with me - my heart doctor was quite surprised, as Xanax is not the normal prescription for A-fib...thereafter I took 12.5mg Metoprolol XL once at night, that I reduced to 10mg. Discontinued Xanax completely. Generally, I hate taking any drugs, but Metoprolol really helped me. Very glad I needed only a very low dose, took 50mg pill and split it four ways, then shaved the pieces to 10mg dose. After 10 months, I am now trying to taper off, took 5mg last 2 nights and was getting palpitations, may be a sign that I still need the drug, as the palpitations stopped when I added another 5mg. Point is - this absolutely worked for normalizing my heart rate and stopping any reoccurence of A-Fib. I can handle the withdrawal symptoms - but not another bout of A-fib! 55 10 months
10MG 1X day
1/25/2012
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 5  Hypertension (high BP) None Has helped with the hypertension and better yet I have had absolutely no adverse or undesired side effects. M 50 5 years
50 1X day
5/30/2011
 5  rapid heart beat F 87 365 days
100 mg- 1X day
4/4/2011
 5  Sporadic high blood pressure I feel no side effects from this drug. I was pleasantly surprised. My blood pressure can go high, up to 140/98 on occasion. For that reason, my doctor put me on a low dose of Toprol. I have no propblems with it and it keeps my BP stable and around 110/70. I have been very happy with it!! F 49 1 years
25ng 1X day
7/7/2010
 5  PSVT and High Blood Pressure minor fatigue. Also take Lisinopril 5 mg. Toprol works very well for my PSVT. F 36 1 years
100 mg 1X day
4/9/2010
 5  High Blood Pressure Amazingly, I have no discernible side effects. My uncontrolled BP peaked at 300/200 (seriously). The doctors said they had never seen such numbers. Typical numbers for me were in the neighborhood of 240/160 and that was a good day. I could routinely hear my blood circulating. They did every test in the book but finally decided it was "essential" hypertension with no pathological cause. I got lots of headaches then but I haven't had a headache in 16 years! I also take an ACE inhibitor. My BP on meds is 120/80. I see people reporting lots of unpleasant side effects from this drug, but I haven't experienced any of them. Perhaps I'm just lucky, even with the massive dose I take (I think it's the max dose the PDR allows to be prescribed). I used to take the branded XL version, but it's so expensive I switched to a generic and have had no problem with it. M 63 16 years
200 mg 2X day
3/27/2010
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 5  heart problems i did not have any side effects to this medicine they did try the gerenic and i could not take it i had chest pains it made me sick at my stomach the gerenic did not work for me. thanks nell i am still taking the toprol-xl if i dont take it i will start haveing chest pains. and feel like i am going to pass out. thanks nell p.s. i have been taking this medicine for i thank about 5 or 6 years F 63 6 years
1/13/2010
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 5  tachycardia/chest pain/htn for the first week some drowsiness then no problems my heart rate at rest would be 120 even when sleeping. my heart was working so hard and fast that it was not filling up enough to get enough blood flow out causing me to have severe chest pain. this medication has been wonderful. resting heart rate 70's and b/p normal F 35 5 years
5/23/2009
 5  SVT (arrythmia) I was having heart arrythmias after my daughter was born (at age 37). After being mocked by the first cardiologist, the second one properly diagnosed me as having SVT and started me on toprol-xl, 12.5 mg (I've now been on it for 9 years.) It has worked well for me--the arrythmias are scary and apparently can be life threatening, BUT: I HAVE ALWAYS INSISTED ON THE NAME BRAND MEDICINE. With much pushback from my insurance companies (I've had several in 9 yrs.), I've always REFUSED THE GENERIC. I have to always remember to ask the doctor to write the prescription as "dispense as written." Even still, the insurance co.s have sometimes found a way to "override" the doctor's presc., but with much fighting on my part, I can still get the name brand. In the end, I have to pay about 90% of the cost of the drug, but since it works for me (and so far I have been lucky enough to have an income) it's worth it. I can't say I've had any problems, BUT: 1) I take the name-brand only (NO GENERICS), and 2)I only take 12.5 mg daily, which is a minimum dose. F 46 9 years
4/8/2009
 5  Fast Heartrate and High BP Before I was put on Toprol my feet would turn purple when sitting, I would also feel my heart beating out of my chest at times accompanied by dizziness, weakness, and at times feelings of being on the edge of fainting. I was originally put on 25mg once a day - and within a week I felt 100% better. After a year, I was upped to 25mg twice a day. While I have gained in the neighborhood of 15 pounds, like another writer, I believe in part that is due to my reduced activity that comes with age. Hair loss is minimal, no more light headed feelings, or dizziness. No longer do my feet turn purple when sitting. No odd dreams or problems sleeping. Overall I am very happy with the effects I have experienced since taking this drug. F 46 2 years
3/23/2009
 5  HBP, and Mitral Valve Regurge None that are noticeable. Although, if on a rare occasion I miss a dose I experience 'rebound effects', mainly fast heart rate, and likely higher blood pressure. Go figure. I believe it has (and will) increase my life span. M 31 4 years
1/1/2009
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 5  bp and skipped heart beats none so far that I can tell. It has my b/p at 116/65, heart rate at 68 with out any skipped beats. Previously it would skip 12-15 beats in a minute. M 69 13 months
12/20/2008
 5  HBP 155/120 - etc. None If your heart rate slows down, which Toprol is designed to do, you metabolize slower HENCE some weight gain without added activity can occur. I was 135 pounds for years and I gained 7 pounds, stopped eating things that by the way ARE BAD FOR YOUR HEART ANYWAY! and I went to my normal weigh. My hair loss is genetic...although I hope Toprol isn't adding to it. I finished a full run through at my cardiologist for the second year running. All conditions have been made normal by controlling stress, food, and staying on Toprol religiously. M 21 2 years
10/4/2008
  

TOPROL XL  (METOPROLOL SUCCINATE):  This medication is a beta-blocker used to treat chest pain (angina), heart failure, and high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. This drug works by blocking the action of certain natural chemicals in your body (such as epinephrine) that affect the heart and blood vessels. This lowers heart rate, blood pressure, and strain on the heart.   FDA Approval Date: 1992-01-10 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

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