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 |
| 1 | Palpitations | Alot of weight gain (40 pounds in 5 years), joints ached, muscles ached, hands swelled, bloatedness, extreme fatigue, felt like I was dying a slow death | I took Toprol (generic form) for 5 years because of palpitations or SVT. The first 2 years seemed ok but didn't realize I was having night hallucinations until my husband woke up during one of them and realized that my "stories" of what went on during the night were actually hallucinations. Told the doctor and didn't believe me but changed it to Toprol XL. That is when the real problems started. My joints started aching, muscles aching to the point I couldn't walk. My hands swelled up, etc. I gained 40 pounds which I've never had a weight issue before and I was told it was because I was getting older. For my aches and pains, I was told to take 800 mg Motrin because the aches and pains happen with age!! Mind you I was only 35 at the time of my first complaints. I finally came off of it 2 months ago and I've been fine (no palpitations) and getting back to my old self. This drug is toxic!!!!! | F | 39 | 5 years | 2/3/2009 | 5 | bloodpressure | none | drug working very well bloodpressure down and pulse is down to this drug actualy gave me energy i am satisfied with it so far. | F | 38 | 7 days | 3/31/2006 | 5 | high blood pressure and pulse rate | Tired very first day. | I've been diagnosed with | F | 38 | 3 days | 1/16/2005 | 4 | F | 38 | 3 months | 7/20/2004 | 4 | HBP and Tachycardia | Weight Gain and Tired | F | 38 | 12 months | 10/28/2004 | 3 | F | 38 | 4 months | 7/26/2004 | 3 | Rapid Heartbeat/Palpatations | Seems to increase my anxiety levels - Not sure if its the combination of Toprol XL 25 mg and Xanax .5 mg, but my anxiety levels surge if I am stuck in traffic for too long. | Toprox - XL .25 mg helps me relax and sleep at night. It also helps my irregular heartbeats, considering before my meds were prescribed, my heartbeats were over 144 beats per minute. Now the Toprol XL calms my heartbeat to a steady pace -However, the anxiety surge concerns me. I am uncomfortable with any meds that has to regulate the heartbeat. | F | 38 | 1.8 years | 8/8/2007 | 3 | migraines | weight gain, very tired, anxiety | F | 38 | 8 months | 1/25/2006 | 3 | high blood pressure post partum | I have palpitations, light headedness, anxiety, feels like I cannot take deep breath, dizzy upon standing | I have had palpitations daily since on this drug. I am only realizing now that it might be the one causing this!!! The Dr. said no, that it is only anxiety. I originally liked it because it slows down my heart rate and that calms me. | F | 38 | 4 years | 9/3/2007 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Loss of interest, brain fog,Tired, Mood swings, some sexual side effects. Wierd dreams. Depression. Some anxiety, but primarily depression. | Started on 25 MG. Dr wanted me to go to 50 MG and refused. Becareful. Take this and all medications based on how you feel. Also, read it is OK to split in two. and take 1/2 in am 1/2 in pm and helped. VERY UNPREDICTABLE MEDICATION. You feel different day to day. | M | 38 | 1.5 years | 1/11/2008 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Irritability, loss of energy, weight gain, depression, wheezing, coughing, nightmares, headaches. | Being on this was a miserable experience. I do not take medications, because my system has a weird reaction to them, and it did not like Metoprolol at all. I felt terrible, and after being off it 3 days, I feel much better already. | F | 38 | 1 months | 3/30/2008 | 2 | PVCs/PACs | Dizziness, weird dreams, shortness of breath for about the first week, which subsided. Severe hair loss started after about 5 months. | This drug almost completely fixed my problem with excessive PVCs and PACs, and I loved how much calmer it made me feel. But the hair loss is unacceptable and I can't live with it. My primary care dr said that no, toprol does not cause hair loss, but my cardiologist says yes it can, so I'm unfortunately being switched to a calcium channel blocker. We'll see how that goes! | F | 38 | 8 months | 8/17/2006 | 2 | hypertension | depression, weight gain, mental fog, funky dreams, mental confusion, occassional odd pains and general loss of enthusaism | My Cardiologist started me at 50 mg. Had simple funky dreams at first, but then he bumped me up to 100mg to keep lowering my BP. That's when the depression began to kick in. Was in a depressed fog for about month, then I began to have odd pains (like behind my eye, sharp pains in arms/legs, and headaches which left me dizzy). Gained more weight, loss interest in doing normal routines, and had a couple incidents of mental confusion at work. Now I am being backed off it and we are going to Diovan. | M | 38 | 6 months | 11/17/2005 | 2 | hypertension | tiredness | doesn't work 150mg !does beer have an effect on this cause i drink atleast 2 times a week 8-10 beers easily | M | 38 | 4 months | 10/6/2004 | 1 | Mild HBP | extreme anxiety and panic attacks, weight gain, acid reflux, disorientation, loss of libido, clinical depression, insomnia, extreme fatigue and weakness, loss of balance, blurred vision, lost of interest in life. This drug has caused me to develop agoraphobia because I'm now afraid to drive, afraid to walk alone, afraid to take the bus. My wife and friends have been frustrated by what I've become - a zombie. They think I should just "snap out of it" but it's not that easy. I just can't seem to function like I used to because of panic attacks. I'm always thinking I will have either a heart attack or stroke due to the sudden throbbing headaches I feel and the chest pains that comes and goes. I went from a super energetic athletic person to someone who is afraid to be alone and yet afraid to be in with the crowd as well. I feel like a total zombie sometimes always thinking whether I could ever recover from the side effects of this drug. My MD recently switched me to Lisinopril w | I took Toprol to help my mild hbp and that it did, but the side effects were too debilitating. I would never recommend this drug to anyone even if they pay me to. | M | 38 | 1.5 years | 2/10/2006 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Headache, hair loss, weight gain, depression, no energy or sex drive, earache, moodiness, jitters, hallucinations, memory loss, confusion, just overall feeling of being in a dark hole. It was terrible :(. | I took this for a month, and it was the worst month of my life. I was prescribed 50mg, but my Doctor told me to start on 25mg, because of how my system doesn't handle medications well. It was a horrible month, and I'm so glad to be off this medication. NEVER will I take it again. I stopped taking this and within 3 days, I started to come out of the fog, and after a week off it, I feel 95% better. I haven't had a headache in a week and my ears are not hurting either. This medication is the pits. | F | 38 | 1 months | 4/3/2008 | 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 | 4 | stage 4 high hypertension | My hands, feet and breasts get extremley cold to the point of burning and numbness. Was very tired at first and felt neck and shoulders weighed a ton. After several days that went away. Definatley more relaxed about everything. Lowered BP from 225/139 to 117/74. Yeah! Still looking into why was so high. | F | 37 | 1 months | 3/7/2007 | 4 | A-Fib | I feel tired like I am moving through molasses. People tell me they don't think I am all there. Forget things in meetings | Even thought 50mg of toprol xl a day has eliminated my Afib, I do not like being on meds. So I tried a natural remedy called OPC-3 (4 capfuls a day) and the heart health system from www.preventandheal.com. It brought my blood pressure down even further and cut Toprol xl to 25 mg a day. I hope to be off Toprol completeley in 2 months thanks to this natural remedy! | M | 37 | 4 months | 3/9/2007 | 4 | High BP | Fatigue first few days. Still some constipation. Other than these minor ones no other side effects. | Seems to work well. Dyastolic BP was little high (low 90's). Doctor prescribed 1/2 pill (25mg) and it brought down both the systolic and dyastolic numbers within normal levels. | M | 37 | 6 weeks | 5/7/2005 |