BYSTOLIC Reviews (NEBIVOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.2 (462 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BYSTOLIC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BYSTOLIC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | bp | the worst drug in the world. danagerous. after taking it i was limping to the point i ended up with a handicap sticker. remove it from the market. it will kill you | i stopped taking it and two days later i threw out the cane and i'm walking again. today may 25th 2011 | M | 65 | 1 days 1X day | 5/25/2011 | 1 | Hypertention | Severe dizziness, ringing in the ears and made my asthma kick in. I've been off 3 1/2 days and still have the dizziness and terrible ringing in my ears. | F | 66 | 1 days 5 mg 1X day | 5/13/2011 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Ringing in the ears got unbearable almost immediately. Dizzyness and sleeplessness were too hard to deal with. One week after being off Bystolic I still get occasional bouts of dizzyness and the ringing in my ears is still much louder than it was before I took it. | M | 59 | 3 days 10 MG 1X day | 5/2/2011 | 1 | High BP | Zero Sleep, Slow heartbeat (45 BPM), Shortness of breath, can't uninate, Pains in elbows, shoulders and knees. | Didn't know I had hypertension. Felt great. I'm 67 and exercise every day and have for 53 years. I can't imagine taking that the rest of my life. I'm convinced it makes you old. In just five days I was having trouble walking. Got scared last night when I felt like I had to force myself to breath. The literature says it works by slowing the heart rate. Mine is already slow (52BPM). This stuff brought it dwon to 45 BPM. I don't think i was getting enough blood circulation. | M | 67 | 5 days 5 1X day | 4/26/2011 | 1 | high blood pressure | tired,headache,nausea,low pulse rate,rapid heart beat, anxiety | very bad drug, horrible side effects why would a Dr. prescribe this to a pt. who has heart irregulaties? | F | 61 | 8 days 5 mg 1X day | 3/18/2011 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Difficulty breathing, throat swelling,racing pulse. Came close to going to ER from one dose. I am allergic to many things, and probably should not have even tried it. | If you are at all an allergic person, Do Not Take This Drug!! They mention in the drug info sheet that it can make allergic reactions worse, and harder to treat, and boy they aren't kidding! I would never recommend this drug to people with allergies. | M | 45 | 1 days 2.5mg 1X day | 2/28/2011 | 1 | hypertension | I experience pain in the muscles, heart pain, rushed to ER.. Tingling fingers, ringing in the ears, and not a good feeling.. I went down on the dose to wean off of it.. now its 3 days and still feeling funny. | Need to be banned | F | 31 | 6 months 1X day | 2/28/2011 | 1 | HBP | Shortness of breath with any exertion; extreme fatique; low blood sugar; headache; chest discomfort; chest pain with exertion; tingling and numbness of hands, arms legs and feet more often than usual(limbs are "asleep"); left thigh goes numb and tingles, usually in the morning; nausia | I have taken 25 mg Tenormin off and on for over 20 years for MVP and high blood pressure. On a couple of occasions my BP would become elivated and my doctor would increase the dose to 50 mg but at that dose I become short of breath on exertion. At the beginning of 2010 my GP increased the dose because my BP was going up and the shortness of breath was right back. I went to my cardiologist for an annual check and told him about the shortness of breath and he said there was a new wonder drug that far surpassed the old beta-blockers in effectiveness and the way it works. The wonder drug? Bystolic of course. He put me on 10 mg. Gradually over time the side effects have gotten worse. I saw him this week and I complained about the Bystolic but he stood by his high regard for this drug. He did agree to take me off of it and put me back on 25 mg of Tenormin. He gave me no instructions on how to wean off of it or that going off of it slowly was even necessary. When I came home and looked over the drug sheet they gave me at the pharmacy, slow weaning was presented in a warning. My theory is that many physicians know very little about the drugs they prescribe aside from what they hear for the drug reps. So you have people going to school for 8 or more years to become doctors who learn about chemical formulas and drug interactions but when new drugs come out do they research them for themselves or do they simply buy into the hype from drug reps that have a relatively short trai | F | 63 | 10 months 10mg 1X day | 1/27/2011 | 1 | hp | sudden excessive weight gain, back ache, knee pain, chest tightness, swelling overall | lowered heart rate in the 40's and sometimes in the 30's | M | 68 | 30 days 5mg 1X day | 1/11/2011 | 1 | High blood pressure | Confusion, terrible pain all over body but especially my legs and feet. it got so bad I couldn't walk normally before I discovered the problem was Bystolic. After tapering off the dosage I started feeling much better but still have pain in my feet and shoes are still a problem. Don't take this med!!!!! | Don't take Bystolic because it seems to 'build' in your system and you are a mess by the time you realized the problem. | M | 75 | 4 months 15 1X day | 12/10/2010 | 1 | high blood preassure | Had taken it before and had to stop because it made me feel anxious and like I was going out of my mind. I was taking 10 mg. Got off it and after trying other medicines my doctor send me to the cardiology because she did not know what to do. cardiology gave me Bystolic again. I took for one day and w was rush to the ER because of very bad abdomen pain. ER gave me cat scan and ultrasound, found nothing wrong but wanted to admit me because of the pain and my abdomen was very tender to the touch. I refused and went home. stopped the med and felt better in a few days. Terrible drug! Has anyone experience this? | F | 64 | 1 days 5mg 1X day | 12/6/2010 | 1 | CHF - congestive heart failure | extreme weakness, feeling absolutely terrible, hard to describe, inability to catch breath with mild exertion, nausea, despair, sleep disturbance, confusion. | patient is my 87 y.o. mom whose only complaint was occasional difficulty breathing. BP, pulse and blood chem = normal. doc Rx'd diuretic which fixed problem & should be end of story but doc GAVE FREE SAMPLES of bystolic & she immediately reacted badly. we reported this to doc who then DOUBLED her dose! she was bed ridden, saying she wanted to die, very sick and weak "like never before in my life." doc refused to take her off it despite numerous complaints by us. after 3 mos doc unceremoniously dumped her on hospice. we expected death in days. meanwhile i researched bystolic, found this site, tapered her off myself. went from 10 mg/d to 5 mg for 2 days then 2.5 mg for 2 days then completely stopped. HUGE IMPROVEMENT THE DAY AFTER SHE STOPPED. still weak but it's been 2 days & she's improving amazingly. hospice nurses are impressed. she's now in "recovery" from bystolic! she says "i was being poisoned!" the bystolic robbed us of 3 months with her and may have lasting damage. we believe the doc was experimenting. shocking. unconscionable. evil. | F | 87 | 90 days 5 MG 2X day | 11/30/2010 | 1 | SKIPPED HEART BEATS | I TOOK BYSTOLIC FOR AROUND TWO YEARS. IT WORKED BEAUTIFULLY FOR AWHLE. NOW, HOWEVER, I AM EXPERIENCING SKIPPED HEARTBEATS SO FREQUENTLY THAT I FEEL THAT IT IS DANGEROUS, SOMETIMES A BEAT, A SKIPPED BEAT, A BEAT, A SKIPPED BEAT I WILL SEE A DOCTOR TODAY. THIS CANNOT BE NORMAL. | THIS MEDICATION SEEMINGLY CAN BECOME SUDDENLY DANGEROUS. I WILL UPDATE THIS AFTER I HAVE SEEN MY DOCTOR. MY SITUATION IS WORSENING. | F | 72 | 2 years 2.5 MG 1X day | 11/19/2010 | 1 | hbp | stomach cramping, diarrhea, excessive gas. | 5mg didn't lower my hbp. Dr. advised increase to 10 mg. Side effects too much to handle. Switched back ro Avalide which makes me tired but it's better than running to the bathroom all day. | M | 59 | 3 months 5 mg 1X day | 11/17/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | from the start had leg and joint pain but,worked well to keep my bp down so my Doctor advised me to stay on it. Now my cholesterol numbers are through the roof,have muscle weakness,blurred vission,jitters,and digestion problems,and to top everything off this drug is hard to wean off. Bystolic is the drug from hell.DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG!!! | F | 60 | 24 months 5mg 1X day | 11/14/2010 | 1 | HBP | I am not positive if Bystolic is causing all these problems or not. I've had my thyroid checked and it is perfect and I don't know what else would be causing them. I get dizzy when bending over or squatting down. I've also experience insomnia and weakness in my arms and legs. I am lethargic and fatigued during the day to the point that I don't feel like doing anything although I have the desire. I started feeling like I might be depressed BUT I haven't lost the desire to go places or to do things...I just don't have the energy. I have a headache almost every morning with odd head feelings. My blood pressure this afternoon was 96/67 which is too low for me. I feel my best when it's at least 120/70 and not much lower. | F | 51 | 60 days 5MG 1X day | 9/18/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | I am weak, I think I migh have electrolyte depletion (has anyone had decreased sodium or potassium or any electrolyte issue?) My eyesight is very bad Help!!!!!! My BP is better, but not worth it. | I am worried about this drug I feel I need to even go to the ER, I am having Big paniful muscle cramps in legs, some lighter ones on hands. Has anyone else?? Help!! The doctor isnt hearing me right now. I feel I am not going to be able to function. | F | 52 | 30 days 10mg 1X day | 9/12/2010 | 1 | HBP | Shoulder pains, arm pains, rib pains at times, arms tingling, cold hands, vision not right, sometimes all the sudden feel like throwing up, very bad bloating ,gained ten pounds in 30 days and more . | Bad stuff! At first was ok I liked it because of no dizzy spells. Then after about two weeks side effects started first my left arm was tingling on the outside of my forearm then it went to my hand , then before long both arms and hands. Then shoulder ackes and pains , then sudden pain under the ribs, then gas and bloating , then vison seem to be not right . Got a few headackes, noticed I gained 10 pounds in a month which never has happened to me ever. I was tired all the time and no energy at all. All this on 5mg so I cut it to 2.5 for the last week and it made no difference at all still all the side effects. Never felt so bad in my life ever. Been off it now for two days and almost back to normal . My BP is boderline and I would rather have it and try to contorl it naturaly than to feel like am ready for the grave taking Bystolic . Man o man ! No Good ! | M | 49 | 30 days 1X day | 9/6/2010 | 1 | Hypertension;heart flutter | I have been very tired for the last 7 days. I have been going to the gym very often and now I don't even have the energy to do it or even come home after work and do what I normally do daily. I feel irritable, unfocused, headachey and today my left arm and leg had tingling feeling in it and my lower back hurts. I am normally energetic and positive but I feel sluggish now. This is the common denominator. | At 10 MG I experienced migraines and cut back to 5 MG. But that is not worth it if I am going to be worthless. Exercise, less sodium and eating better will have to be my drug. | F | 37 | 7 days 5 Mg 1X day | 9/2/2010 | 1 | Heart/Blood Pressure | I am 39 years old and have no energy, I am starting to feel weird and my Dr. does not want me to stop taking this medication, what should I do? | M | 39 | 1 months 20 MG 1X day | 8/13/2010 |