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 | A-fib episode | Fatigue, especially in am, foggy out-of-it feeling, weight gain of about 8-10 pounds, muscle aches, some ringing in one ear, dry eyes, dry mouth | Take 50 mgs once a day-would like to reduce dosage. Dr. has said not to. Also have an underactive thyroid and am on medication for that. But would really like to get off the Toprol to see if I would feel any better. | F | 66 | 2 years | 4/30/2009 | 3 | Arrhythmia, Afib, High BP | Initially a good drug, helped with focus and anxiety as well as symptoms. Now have problems with insomnia, depression, lethargy, severe bloating, swollen ankles and 5 lb water weight gain. Nothing fits and now my liver enzymes are elevated. | This drug works, but has some significant and annoying side effects. | F | 66 | 2 years .25 mg BID | 4/2/2018 | 3 | I have a stent for 10 yr. | low limbido, tired, depression, ED, mood swings...sad. achy | Plan to try get off my reduced dosage of 12.5 which was suggested by my newer cardiologist when he learned I was medicating the depression with alcohol. May try Nebivolol. Still have the problems, less the self medicating, may go back to lisinipril if nec. | M | 66 | 5 years | 1/27/2009 | 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 | Borderline h bp 150/84 | ED, bad dreams, hallucinations, shortness of breath,mild chest discomfort, Anxiety bouts, depression | The doctor put me on toprol 25mg for borderline hbp. My wife and I both noticed a complete out of character change in me, waking up in the middle of the night yelling from bad dreams,bouts of anxiety, hallucinations.I stopped taking it after 7 weeks. I still have after effects and it has been 6 weeks since I stopped it. I received more info from this website and all these other toprol users that I will ever receive from any doctor that I would visit for 10 minutes.I have started using aleve which seems to block anxiety feelings. I read this from page one of a recent member of this website. I am in very good shape do daily exercise, low fat diet, no alcohol or smoking I am wondering how long this after effect of toprol will stay with me. My current bp is 120/68. This is poison, not recommended.I never had any of these symtoms before I started using toprol. | M | 66 | 7 weeks | 4/20/2009 | 1 | I have no clue | I had bronchitis in Oct.and pneumonia in both lungs in Jan. I was starting to feel better until the dr. put me on this drug. I started to have insomnia and feel very tired, napping twice a day and unable to function as a normal person. I wonder if this new drug plan is forcing the doctors to use unnecessary drugs in order to maintain their standard of living!! My BP is 128/60 so I really don't need a beta blocker. | I am not going to take this drug any longer. | F | 66 | 6 days | 3/31/2006 | 1 | Premature heartbeats & skipping | I was on 12 1/2mg for over a year, then increased to 25mg because of an increase of skipped heartbeats. After 3 mos. BP dropped into the 80's, I tried to get off but had heart palpitations & panic attacts after 2 days. So I was put back on a half dose again & then after 3 mos.started experiencing panic & anxiety attacks & felt terrible. I am trying to wean off of it for the last 2 weeks & the withdrawal is awful. | I have been off completely now for 3 days & still having extreme anxiety & pressure in my head that is almost unbearable at times. My nerves are on edge & sometimes I get the 'shakes' so bad I can hardly function. If I ever get this drug out of my body I will NEVER take it again! | F | 66 | 2 years | 10/10/2005 | 4 | Hypertension | None that I have noticed. I have noticed fewer headaches. | Effective in controlling situational hypertension. Visit to doctor would raise bp to 210/100 with pulse at 110, with Toprol bp is rarely over 150/80 in any situation and resting pulse is about 60. But average systolic reading is still high at about 140; diastolic is ok at 75 average. | M | 65 | 18 months | 4/15/2007 | 4 | Heart attack | Tired, lack of energy, dizzy, numbness in fingers and hands, cold feet and hands. Most overwhelming symptom is a complete lack of interest in most anything and near zero energy level. | M | 65 | 14 months | 11/28/2004 | 4 | HBP , heart failure | Occasional dizzeyness, tinites in both ears, low heart rate, fall asleep w/o warning. | I started taking 400mg toprol, with other medications daily after stint was put in. Lowered to 200mg. after a two years or so because of low heart rate. 55-60bpm . | M | 65 | 5 years | 8/17/2007 | 2 | high blood pressure | buzzy head, jelly legs, foggy brain. Worst headache of my life when I first started. Tired, sleepy, visual and sleep disturbances, very sensitive to motion, crying with no warning and for no good reason. No appetite but weight gain thru the waist and stomach, dizzy, diarrhea, palpatations. The cold hands and feet have subsided as have the vivid dreams. What is weird is I don't have every symptom every day so never know when I can function and when I can't. | Started on 25mg per day, have cut back to 12.5. Most of the time my blood pressure is fine; some days the systolic pressure is high. I like that it has lowered my pulse rate and seems to have an anti anxiety effect. Before this I was on Benicar and Clonidine and that was much worse. Am afraid to go back to the doctor for fear of being put on something with more side effects. He told me that none of these meds has side effects and if not for this web site, would think I was crazy. This is the only medication I am on. | F | 65 | 5 months | 7/2/2007 | 1 | blood pressure | When I started Toprol at 25 mg I lost my life as I knew it. Over the years it has been increased to 200 per day and I have gained close to 75 lbs. Because I gained weight they increased my Synthroid, declared me type 2 diabetic and gave me more drugs. Every joint aches and I no longer can walk any long distances. Try convincing your doctor that it's the drugs! | I now have palpitations, my memory is shot and I am depressed. I am going to be going to a new physician and hopefully I can get my life back as I once knew it. The worst is not being able to feel those adrenalin highs anymore. Like when your grand children visit, or your birthday. | F | 65 | 9 years 100 MG 2X day | 2/15/2011 | 1 | High Blood Pressure/Heart Disease | I recently had 3 stents put in 12/2010. I had been on Toprol in varying amounts for 10 years. My BP was perfect or low and my heart rate was about 50 bpm. I have always had a lower than normal heart rate. Although I have had heart stents before, I was not feeling well after this procedure. Real dizzy especially in the afternoon. About 3 weeks after the surgery, I went to the emergency room and my heart rate was 41 and BP was 90/45. The Dr. weined me off Toprol (25MG)over about a 2 week period. First cut back to 12.5 MG for a week then half of that for about a week. Dizziness is still present, not as persistent as before. Heart rate is close to 60 and BP is either at or below normal (120/80) most of the time. Not sure what changed with the stents, but BP seems to have stablized. Still taking Altace however. | M | 65 | 10 years 50-25 MG 1X day | 3/14/2011 | 5 | Cardiomyopathy | Extreme tiredness: having to have two to three "sleeps" a day, and this lasted for about 8 months, but has now disappeared. | My energy levels have improved - can now walk dog up a steep hill I could not tackle before - and results of gated test have improved from 31 to 40. Cardiologist has this week increased dosage from the 25mg (23.75mg in Australia) to 50, so expect I'll be having to rest again. Took Carvediol (Dilatrend) several years ago but reactions including psoriasis meant doc took me off it. | F | 64 | 12 months | 11/5/2006 | 5 | HBP and Anxiety | Taking 25 mg of extended release a day. I was a little tired the first few days but that's gone and I've had no other side effects. My blood pressure has gone down to 110/70 even in the dentist's chair. | I was on another drug for HBP but had been having severe anxiety for about 3 months to the point of being unable to leave the house. I was also depressed and was finding no joy in anything. Saw my doctor and she changed my blood pressure medicine to this beta blocker. At first I noticed no decrease in anxiety, just in the BP. After about 4 or 5 days though my anxiety level fell as did my depression. I feel like myself again and am enjoying life. I love this medication. | F | 64 | 30 days | 4/5/2008 | 4 | High BP/blocked rt. renal artery | hair loss, neck stiffness, ringing in ears, visual skin & complextion changes, brain fog, horrendous nightmares | Began taking Toprol-XL August 2008. I take 100 mg. a day Toprol-XL in AM , along with diurectics: HC(Hydro-chlorothiazide)5 mg.1xday (morning)& Demadex (Torsemide)5 mg.1xday (morning). BP down to 130/80 from 160/90. Side effects (though lessened) are still w/me but I decided to wait them out...and I do feel better. Hair loss has slowed and nightmares no longer; brain fog much less/creeps in sometimes and I struggle to 'push it away'by forcing myself to compensate mentally. No weight gain but was doing Weight Watchers before Toprol-XL and have lost 40 pounds since 6/4/08; however, the losses come in a strange cycle-lose 4 pounds in a week; no loss for 2 weeks; gain 1 pound; lose 3 to 4 again..but I will continue to work at this. Dieting is NOT the answer; eating correctly is the answer. | F | 64 | 9 months | 5/7/2009 | 4 | previous heart attack | dizziness, fatigue, loss of energy | The dizziness has improved after about 6 months but the low energy is still a problem. | F | 64 | 10 months | 7/22/2006 | 2 | high blood pressure | Fatique, sudden weight gain (8 pounds in 6 weeks), swelling in my feet and ankles. Blood pressure has gone down. Prior to taking Toprol, was on Lipitor and a diuretic. Have had to add a second diuretic. Have decided to get off this medication. | F | 64 | 6 weeks | 7/2/2004 | 2 | hypertension | chest pan, shortness of breath, depression, lethargy, constant headache, heart palpatations | was only mildy successful in lowering my b/p. not worth the side effects | F | 64 | 3 months | 7/12/2005 | 1 | cardiomyopathy, PVCs | I'm taking 75 mg daily of Toprol XL, also Benicar and Spironolactone. Have extreme exhaustion after doing very little,insomnia, hair loss, tired and aching most of the time, lack of motivation, no stamina. The PVCs are still constant. I tried to go off but they got worse. | I thought that some of these symptoms were from the cardiomyopathy but after reading all of the comments, I would like to switch to another drug. Has anyone done that? | F | 64 | 1 years | 11/18/2006 |