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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 1  Tachycardia I was put on 25mg of Toprol to help control mild tachycardia (which I later found out was IST) and for the first 10 or so days I felt totally fine, but around day 11 I started feeling like my heart was barely beating and like I wasnt even alive. I'd take my blood pressure and it would be dangerously low. The scariest experience this drug has given me was I'd wake up out of a dead sleep nearly gasping for air and if I was drifting off, I'd also gasp and feel like I stopped breathing. Of course I didn't ever stop, but this drug certainly made it feel that way. F 23 15 days
25 1X day
8/16/2021
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 1  Arrhythmia, elevated BP Horrible depression, shortness of breath, chest pain, unable to work out. It worked for my arrhythmia but I couldn't tolerate the side effects. M 48 3 days
50 1X day
8/7/2021
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 1  afib and blood pressure Bloated stomach, stomach pain, constipation, extreme weakness, feeling nauseous, problems and decreased urination My cardiologist recommended no need to wean off drug as long as I had previous afib drug on hand that I could take. He also stated if I had palpitations I should give him a call asap M 73 10 days
100 mg
4/28/2021
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 1  Hypertension and borderline MVP Dizziness, blurred vision, weakness, lethargy, nausea, diarrhea, heartburn, bloating, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, body tremors, cold hands and feet, headache..etc I hate this drug! I wish I had never taken any of it! F 27 3 days
25mg 1X day
8/10/2020
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 1  High blood pressure Completely wiped out any form of emotion, was a shell of a person just doing my daiky motions F 35 25 days
1/27/2019
 1  post LAD stent severe low back & both shoulder pain. nausea fatigue last week I started taking 1/2 doses for 5 days & i am going cold-turkey tomorrow...I never had high bp nor irregular heart rate. I was told 'it's our protocol after all stent placements" It did not..It never reduced my heart rate & when I took my BP every morning it was consistently the same or higher than prior to the surgery!!! F 71 49 days
30 mg 1X day
4/13/2018
 1  CHF Several- eyesight changed, very swollen feet, ankles& legs, tiredness, insomnia, weight gain,rash (hives), itching, constipation, lightheadedness, runny nose. F 75 0 days
25 mg
9/19/2017
 1  High Blood Pressure 50mg daily, Constant sweating under arms, anxiety flushes through my body cause heart rate to increase, on the 13th day of taking had some pvcs (heart flutter). 14th dose I took in 2 halves and stopped. This med scares me to death. I wish I new how long the withdrawal effects will last, even only on the med for 2 weeks is freaking me out. M 48 2 weeks
4/6/2017
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 1  anxiety and blood pressure Loss of energy, eyes are really sensitive. . Bad headaches. I found this this morning after sleeping in for work.. this medicine is messing up my life.. I have no energy. Feel like shit when I first wake up everyday .. weird thoughts can't sleep ... feel worse now then I did be for I got on this.. I am going to end up loosing my job over this can't work on these meds. . I cannot get use to them.. M 30 5 days
25 mg
10/3/2016
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 1  high blood pressure Fatigue weakness depression no energy Nasty drug couldn't wait to get off it F 66 2 months
100
12/4/2015
 1  After catching artery 95% blocked Short term memory loss No motivation to do simple tasks Blurred Vision Sensitivity to light Joint Pain No interest in sex Lethargic Seeing things out of the corner of eyes Lack of reaction time Depression Reading about how Europe DOES NOT encourage Beta Blockers as a first line defense against high blood pressure and newer studies showing that Beta Blockers don't improve your chances of not having another heart attack I would recommend that anybody try to stay away from these drugs. I have slowly started weaning off of them. I have went with reducing dosage by a quarter every two weeks. Do not try and quit cold turkey or you could end up in ER like I did with racing heart and feeling like I was going to have another heart attack. For me this is one of the worst drugs I have ever experienced. Never felt so awful and the cardiologist had the nerve to say it was all in my head. Dismissed the side effects and said maybe I needed an antidepressant. Needed an antidepressant for being on the damn Metoprolol. God awful drug. How they don't see a pattern with people's side effects is beyond me. Stay away from this stuff if you want to be happy. That is my two cents. Hope you all can recognize your side effects. Is slow but eventually you will be in a fog and not even realize it. Be careful with this drug in higher dosages. M 46 2 years
50mg a day
10/2/2015
 1  sinus arrhythmia with pvcs benign Brain fog, light-headed, dizziness, extreme exhaustion, no energy. I felt like a walking zombie Was talking 1/2 pill at night. F 34 8 days
25 1X day
9/2/2015
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 1  Mitral valve regurgitation Brain fog, light-headed, dizziness, extreme exhaustion, no energy, neuropathy, hair loss I was diagnosed with mitral valve regurgitation at age 38 after going to my doctor complaining of increased fatigue and light headedness. Within 8 months of diagnosis, I had open-heart surgery to repair the valve. My cardiologist put me on this drug (generic version) so that my heart would not have to work as hard. It did reduce my pulse rate and blood pressure, but my blood pressure is already rather low. The surgery fixed my heart, but this medicine caused some of the same symptoms that I had before the surgery. I felt almost constantly tired and fatigued. Sometimes around bedtime, I often felt that if I did not lie down and sleep immediately that I was going to die. Periodically, I would get dizzy and light headed. I had brain fog and could not mentally focus. In addition, I began to experience new issues. My hair began to fall out, I gained about 10 pounds, and I had localized nerve pain/sensitivity in one area from about the 12th through 24th month of being on the drug (one full year of this neuropathy). My cardiologist said that metoprolol was not known to cause this, but after carefully weaning myself off of it by gradually reducing the dosage, the nerve pain went away after a few weeks and has not returned. I feel like my old self again now that I am off of metoprolol. The fatigue, brain fog, light headedness, dizzy spells, and nerve pain are all gone. I am back to my normal weight. I hope my lost hair comes back, but I'm doubtful. M 42 2 years
25 mg
5/23/2015
 1  Anxiety attacks. No heart condition Obsessive thoughts of suicide, 30lb weight gain, lethargy, worsening depression and anxiety, increased panic attacks, insomnia, no sex drive, no interest in hobbies, no drive to exercise, loss of will and energy to do normal day to day things, complete intolerance to exercise, loss of self identity, episodes of sobbing, joint pain, muscle pain and stiffness, severe rhinitis, shortness of breath, very bad heart palpitations. Huge and dangerous mood swings. This drug has turned my life upside down. I am a vegetarian, strength and endurance athlete, do yoga almost daily and am a relentlessly hard worker. I lost both parents within the last 1.5 years. The losses and ensuing family issues started triggering panic attacks. My doctor put me on Zoloft first, it helped a bit with the depression but did not stop the panic attacks. He then put me on 50mg of T a day. The panic attacks started getting worse, so he upped the T to 100mg a day. My life continued to plummet into a dark abyss. Hateful, obsessive thoughts, constantly toying with killing myself.. I have all but stopped working out, which is something I've never had trouble motivating to do. I just don't have the energy anymore and if I do manage to get in a workout, I'm gasping for breath the whole time, dry coughing and nauseous. Let's not even get into the joint pain afterwards. I can barely mow the lawn now. I feel like I could write a novel about how horrible of an experience Toprol has been and still is. Until yesterday when I found these message boards, I thought I was going insane, literally. Last night was my first skipped dose, I'm going cold turkey because I refuse to put any more of this poison in my body. I'd rather control my thoughts and breathing than feel so horrible. I blame Toprol because I've almost never had most of these issues before taking it. I can not believe a doctor would prescribe such a dangerous drug to someone who has no heart condition when there a M 35 10 months
100mg
5/7/2015
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 1  Blood pressure This is a bad drug made so sick end up in the hospital faint numb in left arm Bad drug will never take M 10 days
25
4/9/2015
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 1  arrythmias Worst medicine I have ever taken..landed me in hospital F 46 9 days
25
4/6/2015
 1  High Blood Presure absolutely hate this drug... only 3 days and my vision has gotten blurry, anxiety attacks, depression out of nowhere, heart racing, and legs wanting to cramp up. I also feel this feeling of heavyiness in sinus area. Will never take this again and im glad I read the history of this as I can stop early before it gets way out of hand... For all those coming off it I pray and send you good healing energy to restore and balance your body amd mental/emotional side. M 38 3 days
25
1/15/2015
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 1  Hypertension Beyond Extremely itchy, headaches, bluish purple lower legs and feet. Aches. I stopped cold turkey after tiring of Benadryl chasers and steroid dose packs. No one would listen. Blood pressure has been great. Saw doctor and not taking anything. Will monitor, so far so good. F 56 5 years
100
3/23/2014
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 1  Blood pressure Chronic cough, severe weight gain, difficulty sleeping, pain and achy joints Drug does more bad than any good it may have. F 67 8 years
50 1X day
2/5/2014
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 1  high blood I had try alot hypertension medicine but no one my body can adapt:atenolol,metoprolol,coversyl,micardis ,cozaar,diovan,amlodipine,plendil,diltiazem ,kerlone,concor,trandate,dilatrend, indapamide.All have side effect such as:chest heavy,chest sharp pain,chest heavy,nausea,blurred vision,dizzy,spinning sensation,headeach and pressure on top,pins and needle,burning and flushing sensation,eyes pain, shaky and cool ,stuffy nose,heavy,difficulty and shotage of breathness. Hope i find it asap my can adapt M 35 3 days
25mg
8/24/2013
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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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