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 |
| 2 | Hypertension | Tired, decreased sex drive, insomnia and weight gain | I went on Toprol 50 mgs about 2 years ago. Not until recently did I notice all the side effects I have been having. Gained slowly but relentlessly 30 pounds, no sex drive, trouble sleeping, and tired all the time. I've been told it was all due to stress or despression. It is the Toprol. I am working to be taken off of it soon. It just doesn't seem to be the right med for me. I wish I would have known a LOT sooner. | F | 34 | 2 years | 6/6/2006 | 2 | Blood Pressure | Cold feet with numbness, toes hurting. | Inderal much better beta blocker | F | 53 | 3 months | 4/26/2006 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Weight gain, 24 lbs in less than 6 months. Always tired, no energy, slow resting heart rate...too slow. I can't focus on anything. Trips to Wal-Mart result in me forgetting why I went there. Lack of concern for my job. These are all bad!!!!!! | I am making another doc appt. to get off of this poison! | M | 39 | 6 months | 4/18/2006 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | I've had a bad headache since I started this medicine | F | 49 | 3 days | 4/13/2006 | 2 | Atrial Fibrillation and high bp | Depression, memory loss, living in a fog, lack of motivation or drive, lethargy, weight gain, gas, extreme fatigue, muscle soreness, dizziness, and a lot of heart flutters. | I've been taking some classes and have been doing pretty badly on tests because I can't seem to remember anything. This is unusual for me because I have always been a good student. I think the lack of motivation and lack of interest in anything is what's making me depressed. I really don't like going out of the house much anymore because I get too tired. And going someplace like the mall is an exhausting experience. I try to exercise but when I get on my treadmill, I can't seem to get the energy level going to do much of a work out (and I used to LOVE my treadmill). As a result, I've gained weight, which I'm sure exacerbates the whole depression thing. And the best part is, I don't think it's helping my blood pressure all that much, although I think it's helping with the AFib. I tried to stop taking Toprol for a couple days just to feel like my old self again, which I did, but abruptly stopping threw my heart into an episode of AFib and I had to double up doses just to get it t | F | 47 | 4 months | 2/23/2006 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Tiredness, moderate depression, weird dreams, feeling "foggy", headaches | My BP fluctuates quite wildly, especially in response to stress. My doctor thought this drug would take the edge off, which it did, but I am a company president and cannot be sleep walking through my job. It did lower my blood pressure somewhat but not enough to put up with the side effects. | M | 53 | 34 days | 2/21/2006 | 2 | Slight heart palpitations | Day one I took it and felt fine all day. Day two I took it. I began to notice some back pain during the day, but nothing too out of the ordinary. That night when I tried to sleep, I began having paranoid thoughts, shivers, cold hands and feet, shortness of breath, nervousness, and basically all of this accumulated to a giant panic attack. I was really close to taking myself to the ER, until I realized that it was most likely a reaction to the Toprol. I'm only taking 25 mg too. | Heard it works wonders for some people... | M | 22 | 2 days | 2/16/2006 | 2 | Heart Attack | Depression. Fatigue. My eyes feel swollen. I have a horrible rash. | I thought I was losing my mind until I came onto this site. My doctor just put me on this because Coreg has been temporarily discontinued. Thanks to all of you for your comments. It has helped me tremendously. | F | 49 | 7 days | 2/15/2006 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | persistant nausea, shortness of breath, fatigue, difficulty sleeping, gas, diarrhea, dry mouth... | Originally started taking 25mg with few or no side effects for high blood pressure (140s/90s). Dosage upped to 50mg after first 3 weeks with onset of noticible side-effects listed above. | M | 27 | 8 weeks | 2/15/2006 | 2 | Lone Atrial Fibrilation | Increased anxiety, EXTREME moodiness, hatred, anti-social, heaviness in legs, lethargic, loss of memory, occasional negative affect on ability to erect. Didn't completely stop atrial fib. Still have beat skips, etc. | I've been on it for almost four years now. A-fib is scary, but the sides from this drug are becoming scarier. They're not getting better. I do not recommend this drug unless it's life or death. | M | 37 | 3.8 years | 2/10/2006 | 2 | High blood pressure, rapid heart | Virtually immediate weight gain, 7 pounds in 10 days, no change in diet; acne on my back, chest, head (in the hairline; itchiness; pot belly that I originally associated with weight gain; impotence; and groggy feeling. | Despite the side effects, did what it was supposed to do - lowered blood pressure, brought heart rate down from 125/min to the low-90 range. | M | 55 | 14 days | 1/25/2006 | 2 | | 1/10/2006 | 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 | Very swollen ankles; nightmares; increased underarm and vaginal fluids odor. All this has stopped after switching to Diovan for the past 4 weeks. | F | 52 | 4 months | 9/28/2005 | 2 | for irregular heartbeat | none | M | 75 | 9 months | 9/20/2005 | 2 | tachycardia when standing | lethargic, tired, listles, felt like I was going crazy | M | 36 | 5 days | 8/6/2005 | 2 | chd - have had 3 stent placements | loss of libedo, loss of memory, depression and anxiety, no energy, fear of going insane, leg cramps, hand cramps, insomnia, abnormal fatigue | have had 3 surgeries over last 7 years and was put on TXL in March of 2003 - things have gone so downhill since going to 100MG daily - WANT OFF! | M | 56 | 18 months | 8/5/2005 | 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 | 2 | Rapid heart beat/high bp | Insomnia(as it is 4am here now :), fatigue, weight gain,short term memory loss(noticable to family members), restlessness/jittery, overall feeling of 'blah. | I have been wracking my brain to figure out why I'm having so many issues lately with my health and originally figured it was perimenopause. NOW after stumbling upon this site, I intend to discuss it with my Dr this week. I was on Accupril previously for the BP and didn't experience the multitude of problems that I feel now. Switched to Toprol because of an episode I had with rapid heart beat. My primary felt it was smarter to take a pill that would help with both. However a cardiologist that I had seen suggested just having a script for a pill(can't think of it's name--not trying to be funny!), that one takes when having an episode. I'm going to see about using that method and getting back on Accupril along with HCT which I'm still on anyway. I have had side effects previously on cholesterol meds so I shouldn't be surprised at this. | F | 44 | 5 months | 7/10/2005 | 2 | hypertension | Blood pressure is OK, borderline taking 50mg. I have experienced dizziness, headache (right after taking the medication), extreme fatigue, and most importantly increasing swelling of the feet and legs (cannot wear shoes). At this point, I've been instructed by the doctor to reduce the dosage to 25mg for a week to see if the swelling goes down. | It worked for a year for a co-worker, until she could not take the stomach problems any more. The doctor says that the swelling is unusual, but I see lots of people experiencing it. | F | 52 | 3 months | 6/6/2005 |