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 | Angina, aortic valve stenosis | too slow heart rate, low blood pressure, dizzy, feeling faint, tingling in both hands | drug's own literature says not for people with slow heart beat (doc says it's their smallest dose, don't worry) After 4 doses had to go to the E.R. terrified with heart attack symptoms (I was OK). 5 days later in for angioplasy, I'm scaring the nurses at hospital with heart rate in the 30's when falling asleep. This drug's not for everyone. | M | 64 | 4 days | 8/26/2006 | 1 | doctors gave me a heart attack | Tiredness, sleepy, chest pain, stomack disorders | M | 64 | 18 months | 9/26/2006 | 1 | high blood pressure | foggy thinking with lack of ability to focus and organize, depression, heart palpitations, poor balance, intestinal problems, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some symptoms. | I'm SO glad I found this site! I was diagnosed with hypo-thyroid about the same time a doctor prescribed Toprol for high blood pressure. I took it for maybe 5 years. When I read the comments at this site, I realized that people taking Toprol had all the same symptoms I was blaming on the hypo-thyroid. I went to my NEW doctor, not the one who prescribed the Toprol, and asked her to wean me off Toprol. We did, and as fast as just a few days after I stopped taking it, I started noticing changes. I looked around, and everything was suddenly more organized. I could think straight again. Heart palipitations went away... my balance came back... and the best of all, I was a whole lot happier. AND, it wasn't hard to stop. My doctor gave me a combination of Losartan-HCTZ and a different beta blocker. After I ran out of the beta blocker, I continued just with the Losartan-HCTZ, with no big withdrawal problems. May have to play with the dosage, but did get off the Toprol without many problems. If you're taking Toprol - STOP! I'm 100% sure it's been responsible for ruining my life these last 5 years. | F | 64 | 4 years 1X day | 1/30/2011 | 1 | Hypertension. | Dizziness, then syncopal episodes (heart rate went to zero on several occasions). No other cardiac issues prior to this incident. Hospitalized for 1 week and they had to put a pacemaker in to ensure that heart rate would not drop too low. If you or anyone you know has had similar experience please write in or contact me. | Horrible experience with Toprol XL. Would not recommend it to anyone, w/o close monitoring. Coincidence or not? - Symptoms seemed occur while taking the meds from a sample blister pack. Have already contacted drug company to look into possible problem with time release component of medication. | F | 64 | 2 months | 1/13/2007 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Lousy feeling, you know you are on a drug; dizziness at certain times of the day; weight gain probably from the drug; lack of mental sharpness | Eventually only had lousy feeling and dizziness at times and some weight gain. I had been on 3 BP drugs at once. Was able to wean off one. Was feeling better and getting back in shape. I wanted to wean off Toprol-xl also since my BP was never really that high to begin with. I reduced the Toprol-xl to 12.5mg over a number of weeks and felt better after about 2 months. At last Dr. vist I told him I had reduced the dosage to 12.5 and he had no problem since my pressure was well in control, 120/80. At that visit I needed the Toprol prescription refilled. Dr. asked me if I wanted to go with the Generic version. I said ok as long as It worked the same as what I was taking. BIG MISTAKE! I read many posts from people who had done the same thing and had the same horrible side effects, palps, chest pains, neck and shoulder pain, dreams, reflux, general horrible feeling. I kept taking the Generic thinking I had something else wrong with me. After 3 weeks I realized the Toprol-xl change was the o | M | 64 | 5 years | 11/14/2008 | 5 | heart problems | i did not have any side effects to this medicine they did try the gerenic and i could not take it i had chest pains it made me sick at my stomach the gerenic did not work for me. thanks nell | i am still taking the toprol-xl if i dont take it i will start haveing chest pains. and feel like i am going to pass out. thanks nell p.s. i have been taking this medicine for i thank about 5 or 6 years | F | 63 | 6 years | 1/13/2010 | 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 | 4 | hypertension | none | M | 63 | 2 years | 12/12/2004 | 4 | Lower BP | I get the need to take deep breaths when doing nothing physical, like getting in the shower. I have been on 50 mg twice a day for two years. Weight gain also. | I am a 63 year "young" male, have a double by pass 5 years ago, as well as some sort of ring placed on my mytro valve, as it was leaking a bit. I work out 6 days: 1 hour Monday and Friday with a trainer and the rest of the time 40 minutes alone. Heart rate is around 52 and never over 88 when on treadmill. I have gained 40 pounds all in my stomach and boobs to. The pounds are coming off very slowly, but I "was" a big eater: large portions, so I cannot blame it all on drugs. When I first started Toprol, I would get blurred vision so bad I had to close one eye to see, this happened twice while driving on freeway, nice huh? I think my heart wanted to nearly stop. Nothing since. I'm going to ask my heart doctor about cutting the dose in half. I find it difficult to totally trust the medical profession as all they want to do is prescribe drugs and no little to nothing about vitamins. My triglycerides are high and they want to prescribe Crestor. My research indicates | M | 63 | 3 years | 6/24/2007 | 3 | Hypertension | extreme fatigue, constipation, loss of interest in activities, intolerance to vigorous exercise, muscle weakness with burning during activity, hallucinatory nightmares, feels living in a fog, worsening of depression.(I've now been put on Zoloft) 25# weight gain in first eight months. I now am on a consdtant diet and the weight is very s-l-o-w-l-y coming off. | I am taking 900 mg per day per cardiologist's order, I can now consciously slow my pulse rate down to 44 /45 using simple relaxation techniques -I scared hell out of the hospital nursing staff during a recent stay. I want off this drug -ASAP my Libido is a nil level. I took a stress test last month and couldn't reach 120 for qa pulse rate after 25 mimutes on the tread mill. | M | 63 | 3 years | 9/20/2004 | 3 | Hypertension/Heartdisease | Memory loss,extreme fatigue, loss of creative drive, loss of interest in my favorite extra-curricular activities - fishing and hunting(intolerance to vigorous exercise, muscle weakness with burning during activity) hallucinatory nightmares, feels like I'm living in a fog, worsening of depression.(I've now been put on Zoloft) 25# weight gain in first eight months. I now am on a constant diet and the weight is very s-l-o-w-l-y coming off. | I am taking 300 mg per day, I can now consciously slow my pulse rate down to 44 /45 using simple relaxation techniques -I scared hell out of the hospital nursing staff during a recent stay. I want off this drug -ASAP my Libido is a nil level, I may have to change doctor's to get it to happen. I took a stress test last month and couldn't reach 120 for qa pulse rate after 25 mimutes on the tread mill. This drug is a producer of more trouble than it's worth. | M | 63 | 3 years | 9/20/2004 | 3 | to control angina | Fatigue, some dizziness, weight gain; >15 lbs in one year! | It has certainly helped my angina and it controlls my BP beautifully. It does sometimes lower my heart rate to about 58, causing me to feel quite ill (no energy, light headedness, quite fatigued and achey. Have reported these symptoms to my cardiologist and he can't imagine what I'm complaining about. I also have no libido at all which causes a real strain on my marriage. | F | 63 | 3 years | 2/27/2006 | 3 | high blood pressure | ToprolXL worked great at lowering my diastolic pressure and heart rate but didnot help lower the systolic rate.Diastolic is in the lower 60s heart rate as well.The systolic still 150 or so. | At first I was more tired than usual but after a few weeks I didn't notice that side effect as much. I have been sleeping better but notice I have been waking up with headaches.Not having the palpitatiobs I was experiencing prior to taking ToprolXL and the racing heart has calmed now as well. | F | 63 | 5 weeks 25mg.daily | 12/21/2015 | 2 | high blood presure | Swelling in stomach. Tiredness. Nightmares (car crashes) dry mouth, back ache, zest for life diminished. Zombie. | Fixd my blood pressure. Heart rate like a young athelete. Perhaps meditation and prayer would be a better approach. | M | 63 | 7 days | 2/4/2007 | 1 | hypertension | lightheadedness, fatigue, diminished sex drive, blurred visison, depression and anxiety | It took one month for the side effects to show and I thought it was hay fever. When I finally figured out that my issues were caused by Metoprolol it was five months later. It took 10 days for the symptoms to begin to subside and then headaches began. Symptoms got worse before they got better. It took 3 weeks to feel 90 percent better. It stays in your liver so it takes time to be purged. Stay with it. It gets incrementally better each day. Note: Even a little alcohol made me feel worse during recovery. | M | 63 | 5 months 50 1X day | 10/13/2012 | 1 | HBP | Ringing in the ears, loss of sexual desire including ED, depression, nervousness, bad dreams at night, sleepyness in the daytime, and weight gain. | Don't take this drug or it's generic Metoprolol. I was taking Toprol-XL for BP but my BP was still high. My Dr. kept adding other drugs trying to get the BP down. I was always tired and sleepy, then they did a glucose test and said I was diabetic all of a sudden. My triglicerides were up two areas I had never had problems with before. I was also getting headaches that I've had before. I stopped taking Toprol-XL and the generic and changed Dr. because that one swore by Toprol. I'm now taking Lisinopril it's cheaper does a better job and no side effects. It took several days for the ringing in the ear and the ED to go away but it did. | M | 63 | 6 years | 1/2/2009 | 1 | Hyper tension | Nightmares every night,totally tired, brain fog, very low heart rate, depression, feeling useless, loss of ambition. | Told my cardio doc to stick this medicine rectally. Went to myGP who put me on Linsonpril. Works good, no cough YET. Have went on D.A.S.H. diet and feel like a million bucks. Will stay on this diet forever. Also quit Lipitor and voltaren under docs care and feel wonderful. Voltaren causes HBP over time. To me I think all drugs except in case of life or death SUCK! I eat right and exercise, BP is avg. 134/74.:)))))) | M | 63 | 7 months | 12/28/2008 | 1 | post bypass surgery | All the side effects....fatigue, dizziness, insomnia, impotence, lack of concentration | was on the this poison for two months. Finally struggled through to do research on a third-generation beta-blocker NEBIVOLOL [Bystolic]. Toprol is first generation. Is nonspecific as to beta type it blocks [1,2, or 3 and actually impacts on alpha receptors as well]. None of my physicians mentioned this as I complained, but after I brought it up and insisted. They all said, "Oh yes, it's a new drug]. Nebivolol has hardly any side effects. It actually is a ligand [triggers] beta-3 receptors while it blocks beta-1's. It also has a second potent and extremely crucial effect for SOME patients, and that is vasodilation via enhancement of Nitric Oxide production. Insist that your physician considers this as a replacement, especially if you have endothelial dysfunction issues. The Toprol will actually cause atherosclerosis and brain damage from its interference with beta-3 receptors and its blockage of Nitric Oxide. It can also actually cause angina and heart attack if you have | M | 63 | 2 months | 8/10/2008 | 1 | high blood pressure | rapid pulse, blurry vision, dizziness, extreme fatigue,confusion, constant runny nose | My new doctor was worried that I had borderline high blood pressure and assured me there were no real side effects with this medicine. I agreed to start even though no other doctor ever mentioned I had a problem. The first problem was higher pulse. A change to generic brought on dizziness and took two months to rule out all other causes (doctor said it couldn't be the medicine), and I went back on the brand name. I had visits to the eye doctor about a filminess and not being able to see to read or drive, and went back to a sleep clinic because sometimes I couldn't stay on my feet even with a CPAP machine. I became spacy-not always making sense when talking. When I started gaining weight for no reason I decided to really check out the side effects of this medicine instead of accepting the doctor's assurances. I stopped immediately. I've been off two weeks and BP is same or lower than before. The other two doctors knew I was taking Toprol, but didn't suggest a relationship. | F | 63 | 11 months | 12/21/2007 | 1 | hypertension | weight gain cough sleep problems felt awful | Try and go off this drug and it is almost impossible because of the withdrawal side effects jitters, racing heart, feeling awful. Of course there is nothing in the package insert about withdrawal side effects. All the say is don't stop abruptly. Even if you withdraw very slowly with dosage decreases each week it is still awful. Drug companies as usual only tell you the good things not the bad about the drug. Don't start it you will never get off. After a few years on 200mg it didn't work anymore and I couldn't get off of it even though it didn't work. | F | 63 | 8 years | 9/8/2007 |