Drug Ratings for TOPROL-XLAverage Rating: 2.5 (774 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TOPROL-XL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 5 | High Blood Pressure | No side effects | On the medication for 6 weeks now; began at 50mg each night then to 100mg each night. B/P dropped from 150/100 to 110/70 consistently. | M | 58 | 6 weeks | 7/6/2001 | 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 | 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 D | 3/27/2010 | 5 | Hypertension (high BP) | None | Has helped with the hypertension and better yet I have had absolutely no adverse or undesired side effects. | M | 50 | 5 years 50 1X D | 5/30/2011 | 5 | Dilated Cardiomyopathy | Impotence | Using both Toprol XL and Liprinosil , my heart recovered from an ejection fraction of 30 % to 48% in just a couple of years. I have almost no physical limitations and go hiking with friends in steep terain sometimes in summer. I also go to the gym with no limitations from my doctor. | M | 58 | 10 years 150mg 2X D | 4/14/2012 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | a little Lightheaded for a couple of weeks which subsided. Very vivid dreams (not necessarily bad). Sluggish until I got used to it. Now, no problems. | Very good drug that has regulated my blood pressure and has the added bonus of making me feel calm all the time, even in stressful situations. | M | 42 | 3 months | 11/8/2006 | 5 | HBP | None what-so-ever | Prior to going on Toprol my BP was as high as 145 over 110. Yesterday it was 120 over 70. I've been taking the medication since mid summer. In all honesty I must also say that I've also made some major lifestyle changes as well. (lost 15#,cut way back on alcohol intake and walk 45 min daily.) Most likely my BP would be down anyway but for now for now I'm very happy. Again, no side effects at all as near as I can tell | M | 43 | 90 days | 11/15/2005 | 5 | bph and rapid heart rate. | fatigue about 6 hours after taking a dose (25 mg) once a day | It works and I would recommend it.But as with any heart drug of this kind there are always questions of long term effect.Will it do harm? It is about 30 years old so it has a track record.But I would also recommend eliminating the underlying cause so as to faze it out if you can.It blocks a signal to the heart therby slowing it down but who knows what long term application will do? You don`t and thats the problem.Of the beta blockers this is probably the best one as far as side effects are concerned.Good luck but take my second recommendation as your goal. | M | 62 | 2 months | 3/7/2007 | 5 | Atrial Fibrillation | No known side effects. | I take .25 mg in AM just before breakfast and .25 mg in evening just before dinner. I have cut out caffeine triggers such as coffee, tea and soda and changed to a healthier diet and mild exercise. I also take digoxin first thing in AM. While I will occassionally have a mild episode, I am nearly AF free with this drug. | M | 59 | 2 years | 10/12/2007 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | No side effects | It works | M | 45 | 3 weeks | 2/23/2006 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | When I first began taking Toprol-XL I experience slight fatigue. But, that went away within a couple of weeks. Now I have no side effects at all. My blood pressure was 155/105; now is is 130/80. I take 25mg twice a day (12 hours apart). I guess we could increase the dose to get the pressure even lower, but rather I am losing weight and exercising more. Since I have a family history of hypertension, even in normal weight relatives, it is likely I will have to remain on the medication. My goal is to get my weight down, and exercise, in order to maintain low dosages. | Prior to taking Toprol-XL, I took Lisinopril. That was a disaster. It lowered my blood pressure alright, but I was so tired I could barely function. | M | 41 | 3 months | 7/9/2006 | 5 | HBP | None observed | I was put on Toprol, Advicor and Altace following a heart attack in 2002. I had already been experiencing erectal disfunction years before these meds. The only thing I took before that was Pravacol. I observed no side effects from these drugs. About a year ago the doc put me on Flomax. I started having all kinds of side effects including cotton mouth, sleeplessness, nasal congestion(the worst part). I stopped Flomax after about 8 months and the side effects have gone, almost immediately. FYI. | M | 62 | 5 years | 4/5/2007 | 5 | high blood pressure and anxiety | I began taking 25mg of Toprol XL due to high blood pressure and have increased my dose to 50mg a day. Interestingly, it also seems to help with anxiety...in short, I don't experience the intense symptoms of anxiety like I used to...less of a racing heart, sweaty hands and underarms, etc. I don't blush up as easily either...I like the "feeling" of control it gives me...bottom line: I can express more of who I am without worrying about becoming overwhelmed, or having to give energy, to trying to reduce my physical anxiety! It's great so far!!! | My doctor told me he went on 100mg of Toprol XL and it was "life changing" for him in terms of making him feel less anxious, etc. He's been on it for almost ten years! In addition, my cardiologist said it's a great drug for helping alleviate or at least reduce the sypmtoms of anxiety...I agree! | M | 47 | 2 months | 1/3/2007 | 5 | hi blood pressure excursions | none that I know of. I have had none of the side effects complained of by other users. Definitely no loss of sexual desire or performance. I believe occasional sleeplessness and gas come with age and I saw no increase with toprol | I take half a 25mg in conjunction with 40 mg lisinopril. I was taking the lisinopril for about a year before the Toprol XL was added. | M | 70 | 9 months | 4/17/2007 | 5 | Arrhythmias -- SVTs, PAFs -- daily | Occasional insomnia for first two years, which also was a symptom of PAFs. Since I started taking Lipitor about 4 months ago, I go lights out about 2 hours after taking pills. Sleep habits are messed up. | Works great and fast in preventing SVTs and PACs. rarely have issues. The side effects are minor and may not be strictly related to Toprol. Atenonol and other beta blockers had no effect. Toprol has been a godsend. | M | 55 | 2.5 years | 3/16/2007 | 5 | high blood pressure, fast pulse | The only side effect I know of is that the migraine headaches that I have had all my life have completely stopped. Not a single headache in two years now! WOW, I had been having a debilitating headache about two or three times a month. No negative side effects have been noticed. Great medication! | I would have started taking this medication a long time ago if I had known the effect it would have on my migraines. By the way it completely slowed the fast heart rate from 95 to 65 and has lowered my bp to about 130/80 from 145/95 | M | 53 | 2 years | 8/3/2006 | 5 | HBP 155/120 - etc. | None | If your heart rate slows down, which Toprol is designed to do, you metabolize slower HENCE some weight gain without added activity can occur. I was 135 pounds for years and I gained 7 pounds, stopped eating things that by the way ARE BAD FOR YOUR HEART ANYWAY! and I went to my normal weigh. My hair loss is genetic...although I hope Toprol isn't adding to it. I finished a full run through at my cardiologist for the second year running. All conditions have been made normal by controlling stress, food, and staying on Toprol religiously. | M | 21 | 2 years | 10/4/2008 | 5 | pvc's/palpatations | Tiredness for about a week | Made my pvc's and whatever other weird heartbeats almost completely dissappear! Very pleased since atenolol only heped a tiny bit. Would reccomend to people with bothersome pvc's that cause anxiety and panik attacks | M | 28 | 3 years | 6/13/2005 | 5 | Skipped heart beats | Absolutely no side effects. | This is a fantastic drug... and I hate taking medicines. I take nothing besides TXL, and wish that I did not have to take it... but it works very well. Completely cured my occasional skipped heart beats when my stress level climbs. | M | 42 | 2 months | 12/9/2004 | 5 | Initially hyperthyroid now SVT | None. Was put on 25 then 50 1x due to rapid heart rate from hyperthyroid. After thyroidectomy 17 mos ago no problem with heart rate until 1 week ago started hitting 190's for no reason. Put back on this week because of subventricular tachycardia at 50's 2x daily. | No problems with the T-XL. Was on 6 mos first time, 5 days this time. Can't say forgetfulness because of T-XL like many since I have noted it more after thyroid removal and relate it to that (being hyperthyroid had its advantages, never cold or fatigued!) | M | 43 | 7 days | 12/28/2004 | 5 | hypertension | none whatsoever. | M | 43 | 1 years | 7/27/2004 | 5 | Tachycardia | None | I have been taking TXL for the past 60 days. It has lowered my heart beat from 85-110 to a range of 67-80. My BP is normal. TXL is the only medication I take. It has very much calmed me down since Tachycardia immerged after two weeks in opiates detox from a leading migraine medication, Phrenellin with Codeine. | M | 60 days | 2/21/2005 | 5 | left bundle branch block | Slight sense of drowsiness at first, but this dissipated after a week or so. Some weight gain - 5 - 10 pounds - over a couple of months. Other than that, nothing at all. Plus side, feel less anxious generally - more relaxed - calmer. My BP is good. | Frankly, I love this medicine! I was having frequent chest pains and arrhythmias - my heart chambers do not pump synchronously and there is a lack of oxygenation. My doctor started me on 25mg but it wasn't quite doing it for me, so he upped the dosage to 50mg and that pretty much takes care of it. When I drink too much coffee or drink coffee too late in the day, or when I am under extreme physical or emotional stress, I have felt some mild chest pain again but these are incidents I can control better myself. If anything, adding another 25mg may be necessary at some point. But I wouldn't dare be without Toprol now. It's a lifesaver! | M | 46 | 6 days | 3/9/2005 | 5 | hypertension | lack of sound sleep w/initial dose of 25 mg hs, but halving tablet w/half at bedtime and half the next morning and sleep like a baby. | Also suffer from chronic pain (45 degree scoliosis w/injury, nerve pain, fibromyalgia, severe sleep apnea) geez-all that and this med has thus far seemed to improve everything. I no longer have what I believe were "cluster headaches," either which by itself is huge. I am astounded at the severe side effects reported by so many. I am sorry for their experience; for me it has thus far been a godsend. | M | 55 | 3 weeks | 4/10/2007 | 5 | Heart Disease, & Palpatations, HBP | ED for 1 month and now I am fine. I am a big guy, and I am taking 200 mg | For me, its great. My BP is now 118/75 | M | 48 | 2 years | 5/21/2007 | 5 | PVC'S | The girth of my penis has increased tramendously! It is absolutely amazing! Maybe it has something to do with the vasodialation of my main vein. | M | 23 | 2 days | 8/4/2007 | 5 | hyperthyroid/ borderline HBP | none | exercise every day and try to take toprol after I workout otherwise I can't get heart rate into target zone. | M | 60 | 2 years | 9/16/2007 | 5 | hypertension | Bloating, fullness for first 2 weeks, then my body adjusted just as my doctor told me it would, and it subsided. I feel great now. No other side effects. To the person who has been off for a month and still has hearing loss, you may want to investigate another cause other than this med for your condition. | I started my 50mg and cut back to 25mg, since I was responding so well, and BP dropped from 15x/9x to approx. 11x/7x - 11x/6x. I just cut back so we'll see how that affects my BP. | M | 36 | 4 weeks | 9/6/2007 | 5 | High BP, palpitations | very noticeable thinning of hairline after one year. I also noticed (my wife did too) problems in maintaining an erection (on Viagra for the last few months). | On exercise regimen for last 12 months. I will get off this medication soon. | M | 52 | 2 years | 1/17/2008 | 5 | Heart Disease, & Palpatations, HBP | I went from 25mg all the way to 200mg. My sex drive took 3 weeks to adjust and I dont need Viagra. I love this drug. I go to the gym 5 days a week and feel great. This drug was made for me! | I see a number of posts with a number of complaints by females in their 40's. My wife has many of these complaints and she does not take any medications at all. Sometimes its hard to isolate the side effects of any drug. | M | 48 | 3 years | 2/23/2008 | 5 | bp and skipped heart beats | none so far that I can tell. | It has my b/p at 116/65, heart rate at 68 with out any skipped beats. Previously it would skip 12-15 beats in a minute. | M | 69 | 13 months | 12/20/2008 | 5 | HBP, and Mitral Valve Regurge | None that are noticeable. Although, if on a rare occasion I miss a dose I experience 'rebound effects', mainly fast heart rate, and likely higher blood pressure. Go figure. | I believe it has (and will) increase my life span. | M | 31 | 4 years | 1/1/2009 | 4 | HBP | The only side effects that I have been experiencing are; some of the most vivid dreams I have ever had, some nightmares but mainly just the most realistic dreams ever. I have a little bit of problems with mental and visual focus. And My face feels a little numb. The only major problem I have had is that after 3 months my BP went back up. When I started Toprol/50mg my BP was 155/100, after 3 days it was down to 120/80. I felt like a new man. But now that it has lost its effectiveness my doctor has increased it to 100mg. But after reading every ones comments I opted to raise it to only 75mg on my own. I am very glad I didnt go on up because now I am extremely fatigued and have such realistic dreams that when I wake up I cant tell if I have actually come out of my dream. And I have to feel my pulse to make sure my heart is still beating. My heart rate gets down to 40BPM. But on the plus side, my BP is down again. | I guess when you weigh having a stroke or heart attack against nightmares and the occasional hallucination. Toprol isn't that bad. I couldn't stand going to bed every night with my heart pounding out of my chest, and wondering if I was going to see my children grow up. So until the side effects begin to debilitate me, I will give it a thumbs up. I am unfortunate in that my heart problems are hereditary. I have a very good diet and I constantly exercise. So I seem to have no choice whether or not to use this or similar drugs to ease my symptoms. ......what are you going to do? | M | 34 | 4 months | 6/4/2008 | 4 | HCM | Some vivid dreams when I started, and seem to be putting on fat on my belly and growing "man boobs" (although the total weight is unchanged). Waking up more in the night, but that is not clearly an effect of the drug. | Switched from a generic beta blocker, where I was seeing different refills having strongly different effects. So far, Toprol XL is very consistent, batch to batch. Does a great job for me lowering my heart rate and keeping blood pressure down; | M | 48 | 2 months | 7/23/2008 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | I have had difficulty achieving orgasm. I can keep it up for as long as I need but have a hard time finishing. This is the only side effect I have experienced. | M | 46 | 2 years | 7/29/2008 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | I do experience shortness of breath, throat closes, always clearing my throat. Seem tired but I don't think it's due to the meds, just very active. | Just lost 26 lbs. and do work out 4-5 days per week. Eat Healthy, and BP was checked 2 weeks ago and was 120/70. This is the lowest it's ever been. I was taking 100mg just lowered to 50mg (on my own). I feel great, doc was happy. | M | 46 | 5 years | 9/9/2008 | 4 | for hypertention | giddiness, cold hands & feet. Lack of sensation in hands while sleeping with hands facing upwards,lack of blood flow to the hands. | Started with 25 mg & tapered it down to 12.5 mg. Tried to use it on alternate days but that failed. | M | 33 | 10 months | 1/19/2008 | 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 | 4 | Vasil Vagal Inbalance | Iv been on Toprol for 5 yrs. I recently told my doctor that for some time now, I have had no sex drive and had difficulty performing sexually. He reduced my dose from 50mg to 25mg. We will see what happens. | The reason I took toprol was because I was always dizzy and nauseous and would occasionally pass out. I have always had good blood pressure. 50mg for the last 5 yrs has made those symptoms go away with every few re occurrences. | M | 24 | 5 years | 10/25/2007 | 4 | Atrial Flutter/Fib | Tiresome, Low sex drive | I was prescribed Metoprolol by my cardiologist because of palpitation/atrial flutters. The drug seemed to help greatly. Before, I was having palpitations every day, sometimes all day. While taking the drug for three months (25 MG, twice/day) I had only about seven days of flutters which lasted a very short period of time. I heard the drug blocks testosterone, which is probably the cause of the lower sex drive. My flutters seemed to get worse when my doc was trying other heart rhythm medications, in addition to Metoprolol. I'm trying to schedule the ablation surgery so I can stop taking Metoprolol and completely rid myself of the flutters. | M | 36 | 3 months | 7/7/2009 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | None | Toprol has worked well for me and I have had no side effects. I take 50 Mg per day (split pill) and find Toprol is less expensive and more effective than OTC remedies. | M | 55 | 5 years | 6/19/2007 | 4 | rapid heart rate -hbp - update | listless, and a touch of neuropathy | updateed from Feb. post; prescribed 25mg and taking 4 mos, am spliting the tab to make it 12.5.After 1 week ,body seems to be adjusting.Dropped cholestr. 239 to 194, weight lost 14 lbs, may have helped the transition.Will continue this until possibly go off it entirely.They say this drug is not adicting;well, not in the sense it makes you high ,but the body does demand it.As I said in my last post, this is a heart drug, and very serious business.Try to eliminate the cause(in my case high cholest)and wean yourself off it.This has been around(toprol)for quite awhile but i suspect a long term application of it could cause problems.If you are taking it for hbp, try and get the numbers down and get off of the drug.BUT DO IT WITH A GRADUAL SYSTEMATIC PLAN.Good luck. | M | 62 | 5 months | 5/10/2007 | 4 | tachycardia | lowered metabolism, biggest concern is Peyronies Disease (curvature of erect penis). Because of this, looking for alternative medicine. | Virtually no side effects at .25mg per day other than Peyronies showing up after about 5 years on it. Cured tachycardia episodes. | M | 50 | 7 years | 6/19/2007 | 4 | High Blood Pressure/Rapid heart Rat | No side effects- only one time I had blurred vision and felt a bit confused. | My bp has come down to 140/83, first visit to the doctor I had a bp of 202/110 with pluse rate of 130 now it is at 67. | M | 30 | 3 weeks | 6/14/2007 | 4 | atrial fibrillation | none | none | M | 30 | 1 years | 6/2/2005 | 4 | supraventricular tachycardia | Drowsy during the day. Freaky dreams. much better nights sleep. It appears to have cured my insomnia. | My doctor started me on 50mg perday. I noticed side effects right away. I noticed how it lowered my heart rate from low 90's to mid 80's. I was concerned about taking any drug that builds up in the blood because of possible liver or kidney damage. So I decided to lower my dose to 12 milligrams per day and eventually stopped all together. I thought I was doing fine until I got stressed out and my heart rate jumped to 200. The vasalva menuever didn't bring my heart rate down as it did before so I had to go to emergency to bring my heart rate down. I decided to start up the toprol again. Now I take 35-40 milligrams per day before bed and I have had no bad side effects. I get a much better nights sleep and no side effects. It's also helped stabalize my mood swings somewhat as I have been diagnosed bi-polar all my life. If I take 50 mg per day I feel a little drowsey during the day. I do moderate exercize and jogging and have plenty of energy. My heart rate is steady and the beats are stron | M | 57 | 2 months | 3/2/2007 | 4 | HBP Afib | Draggy Butt Syndrome | After Diovan quit working and gave me an irregular heartbeat, Toprol has done a great job controling my HBP and irregular heartbeat. | M | 52 | 2 years | 3/4/2007 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | Tireness and a desire to nap more, but very minimal. Was on Ace Inhibitor before, but the coughing from it was a big problem, so my internist switched me to 25g of Toprol XL 50 after a week cold turkey where BP went from 125 to 145.BP dropped within a week to under 120. Pulse dropped from resting 55 to 45 | Have not seen any problems within first month but am watching the pulse. I work out 5 times a week and have not noticed any fatigue or ability to perform. | M | 56 | 30 days | 5/15/2007 | 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 | 4 | high blood pressure | none | lowered my heart rate considerably to where it used to be before high blood pressure was diagnosed. BP lowering effect appears to be mild but definitely gave me more energy. | M | 53 | 3 years | 3/6/2005 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | I used to drink 1-2 beers per day. It has made me very sensitive to alcohol. Several hours after drinking one drink, I will feel cold and begin to shiver. I can walk, but cannot exert myself like I used to. This may be due to other factors. | I sleep very well, very soundly. I take 1 tablet per day of 50 mg -- my current blood pressure is 120/80, used to be 140/90. Went to the emergency room after bp spiked to 190/90. I experience fewer panic attacks or heart palpitations. I have a follow up with a physician scheduled in two weeks. | M | 43 | 14 days | 4/10/2005 | 4 | Tac or rapid HB and slightly highBp | Well I have been taking toprol 25 sense I was 18. The doctor moved it up to 50 mg and I started with a bunch of side effects. Like I get real cold feeling I just feel funky Hard to describe. Also left arm seems to feel like it is heavy and had feels real weird witch can cause panic attack. Bunch more stuff like dizziness and mod swings chest pain. I warn you all when you forget to take toprol for a few days and start again that's when most of my side effects take place for me anway. | All in all it has saved my life for the last eight years. But as of late the side effects seem to worsen. | M | 26 | 8 years | 4/26/2005 | 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 | 4 | angina | low-level headache; drowsiness, sometimes extreme | This medication works well enough in controlling blood pressure and occasional angina. However, in the past several months have experienced drowsiness/fatigue, often in the extreme. Rather feels as if one had been | M | 77 | 9 years | 5/8/2005 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | Been on this med over a year. Blood Pressure has dropped down from 148/90 to 130/78 - but pulse rate remains high 90-100 beats . . . get winded easily- but also don't exercise and have a sedentary job . . so that is more likely the cause. Don't have any problem with erections either with viagra or without . . and no mind problems - although just recently have experienced some restlessness sleeping. | M | 60 | 400 days | 2/7/2005 | 4 | hypertension | I'm on 100mg and Diovan HCT 160/25mg. This combination works fine, but I cannot miss a dose. If I do, I experience pain in my legs, chest pain and shortness of breath. | M | 30 | 8 months | 2/13/2005 | 4 | M | 43 | | 1/14/2003 | 4 | HBP, tachycardia | None | Great drug for lowering BP and reducing heart rate. 100 mg per day. | M | 31 | 3 years | 1/26/2005 | 4 | Yes | None | M | 45 | 3 days | 1/27/2005 | 4 | Hypertension | Forgetfullness; lowered libido | M | 32 | 3 months | 7/28/2004 |