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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TOPROL XL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | high blood pressure | Extreme tiredness, major hair loss, heart flutters, | This medication is very good at controlling my blood pressure and lowering my heart rate. I've experienced heart flutters off and on but do not know for sure if that is from the Toprol. But I am so tired I fall asleep sitting up all the time, sometimes even standing! I was on 50mg twice a day for years and then went to 100mg extended release (XL) once a day. That is when my hair started falling out (about 2 months after starting it). Within 8 months my hair was half gone, even the hair on my legs fell out and left them smooth and bald. I don't mind not having to shave my legs but I draw the line when it comes to losing the hair on my head. | F | 50 | 5 years 100 mg 1X day | 1/13/2011 | 3 | hypertension | Do not stop this drug without slowly tapering off. My friend stopped abruptly and had a stroke. Ask Doctor about cutting it in half and half and half as you taper down over a week or two. | M | 50 | 1X day | 11/30/2010 | 2 | HB | heart palpitations | I took this for 5 months. i started at 50mg. i felt tired the first two days only. my libido when out the window. then i went up to 100 mg. same, i was very tired like i did not want to get off couch for two days. then i got heart palpitations very badly every day. i started to panic from these which made them worse. i got a cardio monitor for 24 hours. the specialist said i have too much adrenaline cause my heart to beat preliminary to when i was supposed to. he said it was no big deal and if it became troublesome he can perscribe a beta blocker. is said i was on one and he said to up the dose. as soon as i started to ween myself off these pills the palpitations completely ceased. our bodys tolerate medication differently. | M | 34 | 5 months 100mg 1X day | 11/4/2010 | 3 | To reduce / control PVCs | I was doing fine for 7 or so months taking 1/2 of a 25 mg Toprol-XL tablet. I was living in Australia, and I received the name brand version by AstraZeneca. Then, once I moved back to the United States, my doctor continued my prescription, but I got the generic version. After being on the generic version for a few weeks, I would get terrible anxiety attacks and a rapid heartbeat. I think there is possibly a quality issue with the generic form. Wondering if anyone else gets these "attacks" where you feel like you're going crazy, want to jump out of your skin, and your heart beats VERY fast. This goes on for 1 to 2 hours. | M | 40 | 1 years 12.5 1X day | 10/29/2010 | 4 | tachycardia and elevated bp | None | I was wondering if I should hold a dose if my pulse is 55. My doctor told me as long as my systolic was over 100, I can take it. He never said anything about pulse. Anyone else has the issue of standing blood pressure shooting up to 90's to 100's? At the dr office they always take it sitting. How am I supposed to exercise with my diastolic already at 100, knowing it will increase as a start my brisk walk...scary to me. | F | 34 | 14 days 25 1X day | 10/26/2010 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Extreme fatigued, difficulty breathing, heart palpitations, weight gain | This pill was horrible for me. My doctor prescribed it for high blood pressure. I took his advice and took the pill once a day. I began experiencing bad side effects right away, but thought the doctor knew best and continued with the medication. During the second week I was having such difficulty breathing. I was tired all of the time and would fall asleep in the middle of the afternoon for hours at length and would wake up with cold sweats. (I'm not a napper.) I gained 5 pounds which I've been the same weight for ten years and eat healthy. The scariest part was the day that I YAWNED over 100 times uncontrollablly -- as if it was my bodies only way to get oxygen in my lungs. I have been off it now for two days and the side effects are slowly going away. I'd NEVER take this pill again. Horrible, horrible side effects. | F | 41 | 3 weeks 50 mg 1X day | 10/15/2010 | 3 | HBP | Gradual hair loss over the 2 years and then it suddenly increased and I was seeing a bald spot on the top of my head! Also fatigue, constipation. | It did control my blood pressure great but I could not handle the hair loss! I have now been switched to a calcium channel blocker, hoping this works ok... | F | 28 | 2 years 100 MG 1X day | 9/21/2010 | 1 | PVC's High Blood Pressure | WOW! First nite could not sleep, tingling in my arms and legs felt like fleas biteinf me all over or something, shortness of breath, next day major head ach, uneasy irratable all day, did not like the way I felt, dizzyness to. | I am taking crestor to control cholesterol, 10 mg of Lexipro, 80 mg a day of Micardis and 100mg x 2 of Flecainide am & pm. Was experiencing alot of PVC's previous month so doctor perscribed - hated it! | M | 52 | 1 days 25mg 1X day | 9/21/2010 | 3 | Thyroid caused rapid heart beat | Tired , extreme inability to lose weight , foggy feeling , cold feet | I went on 50 mg about 7 years ago because over active thyroid caused rapid heart beat. Once i got on thyroid medicine I gained weight but i was able to lose the extra weight with diet and exercise. 2 years ago sever anemia landed me in the hsopital . some dr upped my dosageto 100mg . for the last 2 years I have been to dr after dr looking fo a reason formy inability to lose weight. I have been to nutritionists spend thousands on trainers . could not lose a pound. all types of test were done and no dr at anytime mentioned that the toprol may be a problem . I myself didnt think it was a problem since i previously lost weight but apparently the change in dosage tipped me over from being able to lose weight to not being able to lose weight. also suffered from foggyness , inability to sleep through the night, weird dreams , extremely cold feet | F | 40 | 7 years 100 MG 1X day | 9/15/2010 | 2 | sinus tachycardia | extreme sleepiness, dizziness, depression, foggy feelin | This drug was not good for me at all.. The first 2 weeks wher the worse extremely tired felt like I could sleep standing up. then after 2 weeks started feeling depressed. After about a month I got use to the medication but never really felt right. Switched family doctor who took me off of it completly and after about a month i am back to my old self. With all fairness this didnt work for me. My parents and a few other people I know take it and it works fine for them, it just didnt for me. This is just my side effects and I will never take it again | M | 36 | 90 days 50 1X day | 8/23/2010 | 1 | Hypertension | Numbness in legs and arms, cold hands, occasional rapid heartbeat. | I was prescribed Metoprolol Succinate, the generic of Toporol XL which I took for a total of 6 weeks. It took 10 days, at least to wean myself off this med. Decreasing the dosage to 12 1/2 mg. daily, then skipping a day, etc.. Had rapid heartbeats of up to 100 beats each minute, weakness, etc. Still have numbness in arms and legs and occasional cold hands. Have been off the meds for 6 weeks and wonder if I have permanant damage or if it will just take more time for all the side effects to go away. BP is staying within a good range of 116/74 for the most part. Trying to do things as naturally as possible. Not sure if there is a BP med I can tolorate. | F | 62 | 6 weeks 25mg 1X day | 7/28/2010 | 1 | Hypertension | Panic attacks, tension stiffness when walking, wheezing, SOB | F | 55 | 25 1X day | 7/8/2010 | 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 | 1 | ordered after I had a 3 way bypass | depression,muscle pain,cold feet & hands, tingling of feet and hands,very tired-sleep 12-16 hours a day, muscle cramps of back,shoulders and legs,blurred vision,dry eyes, short of breath, poor memory to loss of memory for 12 hours, cough helped with a bronchodilator inhaler | Thank God I found your web site. My depression was so bad I contemplated suicide. I went to my primary doctor for antidepressants and had side effects of those. I went to my eye doctor for my blurrd vision, I had eye drops everywhere I might need them. Recouperating from By Pass surgery, I finally realized I have to be feeling better, not worse. I nver had high blood pressure. I tapered toprol XL for 2 weeks and went off it totally 3 days ago. I feel wonderful with lots of energy and all my side effects are gone. My BP and pulse are within normal limits. | F | 73 | 14 months 25mg 1X day | 6/26/2010 | 4 | AFib HBP | Noticeable significant shortness of breath upon starting this drug | Doctor reduced dosage from 100 to 50 mg in May 2009, but Afib returned with a vengence in January 2010 (5 consecutive eipisodes lasting 5 to 6 hours each). Since I was on 100 mg initially, I upped dosage to 100 mg and hoped for the best on the shortness of breath. After about 3 to 4 months on the 100 mg, shortness of breath is now just a minor annoyance, either my body has adjusted to the medication or I'm not noticing it as much as initially. Good luck, this has controlled my afib, but has done nothing for my HBP, still experimenting with other drugs for that. | F | 62 | 1 years 100 mg 1X day | 6/16/2010 | 1 | BP | Same side effect,chest pain, rapid heart rate, not as confused as when I was on 50 mg. Went down to 25 mg for 8 days, just went down to 12.5 mg this morning, still feel bad. | Please someone help me with some information. I droped down to 12.5 mg of toprol XL, How long do I stay on this amount and what do I drop down to now. I just started on 20 mg of benicar, my BP runs 124/77 or less all the time the high is 134/88, not often. My puse runs 90 to 72 most of the time around 78. I am sarting an all raw food diet.For the past 4 weeks I've cut out all sugar, salt, white flour all sweets. Only meat is Tuna and salmon. I need to know if this horrible feeling is going to ever stop, could I have done permanant damage. Heart Doc said my heart is find. Please e-mail me back if you had problems but it all worked out thanks, I need HOPE, Im still trusting GOD. | M | 53 | 2.5 years 25 1X day | 6/5/2010 Patient History | 1 | a lot of pain | no sleep angry all the tine and all the rest memory loss is a fun one when you side swipe a car & cant remember doing it in a way bull shit drug might lose my license cant think strait they told me it was a inflammatory drug not a batta blocker its been 8 days since the injection & it still sucks | M | 45 | injction 1X day | 6/5/2010 | 1 | AFib | fatigue, headaches, neckaches, heavy legs, tingling in arms and feet, twitching, dizziness, blurry vision | Stopped taking Metoprolol XL after 5 months. It's been almost 30 days and side effects remain. I am hoping they will go away. Does anyone know how long it takes for this drug to get out of your system? | M | 40 | 5 months 12.5 1X day | 5/22/2010 | 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 |