TOPROL XL Reviews (METOPROLOL SUCCINATE)Average Rating: 2.5 (823 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TOPROL XL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TOPROL XL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | High Blood Pressure | No energy, No Sex | I start taking Toprol whenever my blood pressure was 140/95 which happens about once or twice a year. I will take 50 mg tablets at night for about a week. I will then reduce the dose to 25 mg for a few days and then 12.5 for a day or two. No problems with the 1 week tapering. I don't know if on and off use is ok - my doctor hasn't gotten back to me on this one. Blood pressure is a funny thing and we never know when it's going to spike. You could go to the doctor every year and not know that you have high blood pressure. I went yesterday and my pressure was 103/80 however today it was elevated again. The secret is the following: Loose weight, exercise, don't smoke, and don't binge drink. With this plan, you hopefully will not need blood pressure meds. | M | 46 | 9 days | 2/16/2009 | 1 | cardiac arythmia | Severe difficulty getting a breath, fainting, fatigue. | It has been a year since I weaned myself off Toprol XL, and I am still dealing with what now seems to be permanant breathing difficulties. It is like having to yawn all the time, but unable to get the breath in. Also causing near fainting when I can't get the air into my lungs. My lungs just won't expand enough to get the air in. It has slightly improved over time, but still having about 7 to 10 bad days a month with the continued breathing problems. | F | 46 | 6 weeks | 6/9/2007 | 1 | hypertension | headache, dizziness, brain fogginess, inablity to concentrate, insomnia, reflux, muscle aches, fatigue, feet problems, palpatations | Have been on this drug for 9 months and could not figure why I have been feeling like crap and continually getting worse. Feeling as if my life was going to end at a young age. The fatigue and muscle aches were severe. I really started putting pieces together when my RX looked different and thought they sent the wrong drug. I did research on many sites and found common threads in all of my side effects and linking them to this drug. I was even thinking I may have brain cancer or something with the fogginess. Started reading and appauled by the side effects that MANY people experience. These drugs should be outlawed and drug manufactures should be liable for the damage they are doing to lives!!!! I have an extremely ill husband with renal failure and do not need to join him in being unhealthy with this poison they are giving. I was otherwise healthy besides the hypertension. How long before the side effects subside after discontinuing? | M | 46 | 9 months | 5/26/2009 | 1 | arrythmias | Worst medicine I have ever taken..landed me in hospital | F | 46 | 9 days 25 | 4/6/2015 | 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 | Mild HBP | Nausea (motion sickness), lightheadedness, weight gain, depression, anxiety. | Dosage was 25 mg/day at bedtime (to minimize effects of lethargy). GP was aware of ongoing treatment for depression (Zoloft) and focused on that symptom. Had one episode of lightheadedness approx. 2 weeks after starting treatment with Toprol. Severe car-sickness in stop-start traffic after three weeks. Dizziness episodes increased in frequency after about a month, including one bout of car-sickness while driving. Weight gain from start of treatment to one-month point was 12-14 lbs. This past weekend I had problems with generalized anxiety, followed by a strong depressive episode Monday AM. I had another dizziness attack right after lunch today (Tuesday) while working on the computer. After finding this page among others I called my GP and advised I was stopping the Toprol. He suggested benicar. I'm going to check further before saying yes. | M | 46 | 1.5 months | 10/24/2006 | 1 | arrythmias, to reduce risk of SCD | asthma, couldn't breathe, chest pain, serious depression | F | 46 | 7 months | 5/21/2006 | 1 | Hypertension | Insomnia | I had severe insomnia on this drug. My doctor was surprised - said this drug shouldn't cause insomnia. Went off toprol to avalide. Insomnia went away. | M | 46 | 21 days | 9/7/2004 | 1 | 1yr | tired feeling,no get up and go, powerless feeling, lightheaded, dizzyness, cloudy thinking, short term memory loss, throat closes up when eatting or drinking, belly bloating, stomach upset, gas problems 24/7, excessive pains threwout body, shoulders and back most!, b.p drops but not real good on this drug, vision problems at times pannic attacks! | This med is Bad! once your on it for over 6months, Your hooked! I have tryed twice now to ween off it slowly- get big time withdrawal symptoms from it! so bad I was forced to go back on it! then had even more problems! this junk Bloats your belly big time!! and gives you trapped gas so bad, you may end up in the E.R. for it! Its just Nasty! right now my sides hurt from bloating belly! as you gain waight going off and on the drug! and the bloating makes it worse!! im not a fat person,yet it has formed a overhang belly (beer belly) in just months of taking this crap med ! Im gonna try one more time to see my doctor about this mess! and get off this medication forever! if he wont do it this time.. its cold turkey for me ! people watch out for the side effects! this med is Nasty! | M | 46 | 1 years | 3/13/2007 | 1 | high blood pressure | extreme fatigue (couldn't stand up long enough to empty the dishwasher), muscle and joint pain and weakness in arms and legs (couldn't even comb my hair, was falling when going down steps. Drastic personality change into a hateful person prone to rage attacks. Multiple rashes (eyelids, central face (like lupus but tested negative), neck, upper chest and upper back, hands. Constipation, abdominal distention, weight gain. Mental fog (short term memory loss, inability to do simple arithmetic--I teach calculus, unable to remember names of people I've known for years. Horrible white coating on tongue and bad breath. Fluid drains from ears constantly. Dry, gritty eyes. Difficulty speaking and swallowing. Complete loss of sex drive. | The doctor refused to acknowledge any of the side effects. I quit taking it on my own (and quit going to my quack doctor) almost 18 months ago and have only partially recovered. | F | 46 | 2.5 years | 6/5/2007 | 1 | white coat hypertension | dizziness and lightheadedness, increased incidence of hot flashes, headaches, severe edema in hands and wrists, anger and anxiety, increased amount of stress over taking a drug (toxin) I do not believe I really need, especially given my extremely healthy life habits. | I have been doing a bit of research about this drug, and the indication in a book by Dr. J. Whitaker(sp?) is that long term use of beta blockers will weaken the heart muscle, and may be partially responsible for the substantial increase in congestive heart failure in this country. I can't wait to get off of it. Biofee | F | 46 | 19 days | 11/26/2002 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | No side effects | It works | M | 45 | 3 weeks | 2/23/2006 | 5 | High blood pressure | Luckily, the only side effect I may have is dry mouth, but I'm not even sure if it's from that. | When I was prescribed this medication it was for my blood pressure which was 160/100, I was told to take 50 mg. I am not big on medication, so I only took 25 mg. Within a week, my blood pressure was down. Eventually I noticed that my panic/anxiety also had decreased. I figured this was in my head. When I went back to the doctor and told her, she said that this medication was used for anxiety too. I never knew that. Now, I have lost 20 lbs. and exercise daily and my blood pressure is pretty low. But, I am staying on this medication mainly for the anxiety. It has been so wonderful feeling the way I do I don't want to go off it. My blood pressure only gets as low as 100/60 so I think it's okay. | F | 45 | 1 years | 8/30/2005 | 5 | Had a ventricular tach. episode | No side effects, except (maybe) hair loss. I take 100mg, once a day. Been doing so for 2 years. | M | 45 | 2 years | 8/11/2001 | 4 | Acute MI and Pheochromocytoma | The usual dragginess at first, but then I adjusted, and felt normal. I quit taking Toprol XL three months ago. I questioned whether I really needed it, since my hypertension and heart attack were caused by my adrenal tumor (phenochromocytoma), which was removed. I run, and I felt that I could never improve my speed because my heart couldn't beat very fast. So my cardiologist agreed. Now my BP has been creeping up, and I'm not sure if I made the right decision. I've also been feeling a bit depressed. | I am concerned about some people on this site who are reporting bouts of high BP and racing heart rate. Please ask your doctor to rule out pheochromocytoma. It is a rare tumor, but I was so lucky we found mine. Most are diagnosed post-mortem. | F | 45 | 2 years | 2/26/2006 | 4 | hyperthyroid | No bad side effects. Only life saving effects. I'm so grateful for this drug. | Was put on Toprol-XL the day I went into the doctors office for hand tremors and choking in the throat. Turned out I was hyperthyroid and the hormone was causing my heart to race at over 100 bpm at rest. I felt better immediately after taking a 25 mg pill. I now take 1/2 in the morning and the other half at night while I wait for the thryoid hormone to work out of my system. It has been about 5 weeks so far but I still need it. | F | 45 | 5 weeks | 2/27/2007 | 4 | PVC's | Only been on it for 6 days. No noticeable side effects so far. Seems to have cured the PVC's. Haven't felt any after about 5 days of medication. | Thanks for this website. Nice to know you're not alone. My symptom of "heart palpitations" began in December 2006 when I had a hard time getting to sleep one night because they became bothersome. Went to my cardiologist and had a series of tests performed. Exercise Stress Test, Holter Monitor, Echocardiogram, Nuclear Stress Test. Echo showed that my heart wall thickness was just above normal. I think he said the high normal number was 1.1, mine was 1.2 - He was concerned about it developing into Hypertrophic Cardiomyopthy. I exercise 30-40 minutes (walking on a treadmill) every night, try to eat right, but am still weighing more than I would like. Am currently working on that. | M | 45 | 6 days | 2/8/2007 | 4 | Yes | None | M | 45 | 3 days | 1/27/2005 | 4 | hbp,pvcs | hairloss,cold hands and feet,numbness in hands and feet,weight gain,brain fog | i've read everyone's comments very helpful but what everyone fails to mention is their weight,smoker,other health issues,because these factors contribute to your symptoms,the question is do the new problems outweigh the previous and is their something else to take or do to help your heart. | F | 45 | 7 years | 6/29/2007 | 3 | Atrial Fibrillation | Weight gain, blurred vision, breathing problems | 50mg 1x/day. Packed on about 10 pounds in 3 months and am continuing to skyrocket. Vision is blurry about every 3rd blink or so. I have to squeeze my eyes shut to regain normal vision. I feel like I have to take a deep breath every once in a while. I also am getting winded while on my nightly walk although it could be partly the extra lbs I'm toting. I have an appt in 2 weeks and am hoping that I can reduce or get off this drug. | F | 45 | 3 months | 9/10/2007 |