METOPROLOL TARTRATE Reviews (METOPROLOL TARTRATE)Average Rating: 2.1 (169 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare METOPROLOL TARTRATE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR METOPROLOL TART | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | High Blood Pressure | Side effects creep up slowly. Felt very tired each day and had to nap to get through the day. Stomach ache and gas, muscles and joints ache, shortness of breath, vivid dreams and waking up a few times a night, gaining weight that I can't lose, lost my sex drive totally, blurred vision, depression and bad moods, just no energy. I was a happy dad of two and now I'm a moody, grouchy, miserable man. | I felt great when I first started taking this. Side effects crept up on me slowly. This medication will change the way you feel about life. I feel like I'm in a fish bowl looking out. I would do anything to just be my old self. Make sure you understand that you CANNOT stop this poison cold turkey, you have to wean off of it slowly. If you plan on having sex with your partner, don't use this stuff, it takes all your sex drive away. Just too many side effects...... Don't do it!!!! | M | 53 | 6 months 50 MG 2X day | 6/5/2016 | 2 | Post angioplasty. | Gradual swelling of prostate to the point of nearly no urination at all. Did not notice much blood pressure decrease. | I have tried this medication twice. During a routine physical at my doctor, he noticed I had a swollen prostate. I had been on metoprolol for about 30 days. Shortly after that visit, I was experiencing more frequent, but less urination until I was not urinating anymore. Very scary. The first thing I thought of was the medication. I stopped immediately and within 24 hours, I was urinating again. I told my doctor and he got me back in and my prostate was normal. I tried taking the medicine again months later and again it slowly enlarged my prostate to the point of no urination. After researching the drug, I found this side effect happened to 1% of people that took it out of 40,000. | M | 62 | 12.5 mg 2X day | 11/25/2015 | 2 | Irregular Heartbeat/Panic Attacks | acid reflux, lethargic feeling, mild nausea in the beginning, feeling of being out of breath easily, getting worn out fast with exercise to the point of not being able to exercise, decline in sex drive. | After I got over the "heart attack" feeling and feeling like my heart was fighting against beating the 1st week I started it, that type of side effect went away at 1st. It has slightly came back in about the last 2 months and the drug just in general makes me feel tired and lethargic. I take 25 mg 1x a day and I am going to lessen my dose to half of that pill and try to stop it alltogether soon. I do not want to be on this medication, it has totally zapped my energy and made me feel like im 90 years old. | F | 38 | 1.5 years 25 mg 1X day | 1/5/2013 | 2 | high blood pressure | A little drowsy and got a skin rash from it | M | 24 | 10 days 50MG | 7/10/2012 | 2 | anxiety, high bp, irr heart beat | dizziness, tiredness, night time hallucinations, very dramatic hair loss, loss of sex drive, blurred vision | Ive been taking 25mg twice a day for 4 years, cut my dose in 1/2 and started taking 25 mg right before bed to keep it in my system and bypass all the side effects at night. Thats when the hallucinations and hair loss started. Im only 27 and am losing my hair. Im not on any other meds other than this. It works for my palpitations but the side effects are the worst. Tried to quit taking it and didnt think it would be that hard since I'm on the lowest dosage possible but within 2 hours my heart was irregular and fast again. I can deal with all the other side effects but I'm not going to lose my hair to this drug. Its listed as a serious side effect along with hallucinations and once I googled it I noticed it happens to alot of people but its so gradual that it almost seems to happen overnight. My doctor is changing my meds on friday and it cant happen soon enough. I will never go back to metoprolol. | F | 27 | 5 years 25mg 2X day | 12/6/2011 | 2 | palpitations | My life ended when I started this drug. In 9 years I gained 80 lbs, lost my libido, my humor, I have horrible dreams. | Getting ready for an ablation and doc took me off Metroprolol, flecainide and cartia all at once. I feel like I'm ready to die with a pounding heart, a-fib and a wicked headache. I'm hoping for a cure with the ablation. | F | 65 | 9 years 50 2X day | 10/30/2011 | 2 | To control high blood pressure | Upset stomach, extreme mental dullness, lack of energy | Also taking DILT-CD 240mg and Coumadin, which don't seem to produce too many side effects. | M | 59 | 60 days | 8/28/2009 | 2 | high blood pressure | shortness of breath, low pulse, no energy | I was started on this for high blood pressure (155/78), my pulse was fine - 25 mg twice a day. After being on this a while I started having shortness of breath when walking only short distances plus having no energy to do much. My doctor and I have been monitering my blood pressure and it was irratic. Sometimes it was in the 120's and 130's and other times it was 140 and above - so the medication was not really working well. Per the doctor, I tried to up the dose to 50 mg twice a day but my pulse went so low and the side affects so bad I couldn't. About a week ago I decided to stop taking this medication. I did research on other blood pressure meds and came up with Atacand. Went to the Dr and told him this is what I want to try. Only been on it for 3 days, so hard to tell but so far no side affects. | F | 64 | 6 months | 6/19/2009 | 2 | Atrial Fibrillation episodes | Fatique,Heavy chest, pounding heart beat, insommia, heartburn and just general feeling of Blah all day long. | Taken to prevent occassional bouts of Atrial Fibrillation and this drug has done that but at great cost in side effects. | F | 76 | 2 months | 12/2/2008 | 2 | irregular heartbeats | more frequent irregular heartbeats especially when sitting watching TV or lying down, palpitations, anxiety/near panic attack, sensation of heart pounding, strong pulse | I know that this drug helps many people with high blood pressure and angina, otherwise I would recommend against taking it. | F | 47 | 7 days | 2/22/2005 | 1 | Heart attack open heart surgery | Tired all the time, brain fog, feeling dazed and confused, headaches..over all shitty feeling..hard to concentrate and hold a conversation. | Took myself off of it cold turkey, started feeling better the second day and it just keeps getting better everyday... feel like a new person. Amazing how much better I feel, so much energy and the brain fog is gone... if your on this crap get off now!! PS.. my BP only went up 5 points off this med, | M | 63 | 4 years 100 1X day | 6/14/2023 | 1 | Afib /pvcs | It's horrible caused me to fo into svt randomly can't breathe, filling of doom ,low bllood pressure, very slow heartrate, depression. I've stopped taking it now and it's been 3 days in fill very bad.took me 2 weeks to down the dosage till I stopped. I just hope I don't have heart failure from this trash. Good luck | M | 44 | 8 months 12mg 2X day | 2/18/2023 | 1 | High blood pressure | 25 + lb weight gain mostly in belly , hair loss , runny nose , depression worse , no energy , blood pressure still in higher range 157/98. | Felt ok the first few months but now I'm feeling like I have had the flu for months. Doc won't change it though so I'll stop it myself. | F | 72 | 10 months 25 mg 1X day | 4/3/2022 | 1 | High BP Heart palps | Only taking a fourth of a 25mg pill. I have other health problems that cause me to be weak & tired but this little bit of a pill made me much sicker. Extreme weakness, itchy burning all over, blurry eyes, losing weight, ringing in ears and head fullness. My palpitations are a little better..not sure it's from pill. | I want to go off this crazy med. I am sick on top of being sick so to speak. Why do so many medications have these serious side effects that can harm our bodies? It seems as though that's all the doctors can offer. | F | 75 | 8 days 1/4 25mg 1X day | 3/8/2022 | 1 | Blood Pressure | Itchy skin, dizziness, lightheaded, numbness & burning on thigh area, stomach discomfort, constipation, weight gain in belly, insomnia , depression & fatigue... hip pain... neck & shoulder pain...swollen eyes ( not sure if it's from metoprolol, although Docs cannot find a reason for it... still looking! | Will stop taking it... I did not have all these issues before taking, just thought it was due to getting older! | F | 68 | 0 months 50 MG 2X day | 12/22/2021 | 1 | High blood pressure | weight gain , blurry vision , hair loss, extremely tired , no energy , shortness of breath, if I do walk anywhere I'm in bed with leg and back pain. | I take half in the morning and half in evening, within an hour of taking I'm asleep. I have no energy , in bed a lot. My hair is falling out ,have a few bald spots in back now. My bp is sort of steady but not worth what this med is doing to my body. | F | 72 | 7 months 25 mg 1X day | 12/15/2021 | 1 | Heart Break Syndrome | STOMACH PROBLEMS,FULL FEELNG, FEELING BLOATED,CONSTIPATION.EXCESSIVE BURPING. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD EXCESSIVE BURPING PLEASE LET ME KNOW | HAD HEART BREAK SYNDROME. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH MY HEART. DONT KNOW WHY STILL TAKING MEDICATION THAT IS ONLY MEANT FOR TEMPORARY USE. | F | 63 | 3 years 12.5 2X day | 7/29/2021 | 1 | High blood pressure | Abdominal bloating, arm burn tingling sensations in fingers and itching, feel of heart beating , tiredness , dizziness at some points. Not feeling sane. Anxiety, heart palpitations. | I am weening off this drug slowly. I don't think it is safe by any means . | M | 44 | 7 days 50 mg 2X day | 6/22/2021 | 1 | Blood pressure | Bleeding vaginal nauseous extremely weak lightheaded. Insomnia irritable feeling of hopelessness hyper thinking. Limited urine | A horrible med that's like poison I don't know how they can give this to people. Disgusting that they're allowed to sell this. | F | 56 | 3 days 25mg 1X day | 6/4/2021 | 1 | Hypertension | Dizzy, tired, can't sleep, anxious, depressed, tremors (it feels like), and it doesn't help that I'm on anxiety meds that dont work. My legs been moving uncontrollably for 1 week and doc just upped my dose from 12.5 to 25 that MADE IT WORSE | This is not for ppl like me who've never had medical issues except tension headaches. I feel scared every day. I can barely eat because of worry. Even though most of this is in our head this medication is increasing the anxiety which is not good on the body when it's in need of healing. Eyes are so dry and headaches won't leave. Its interrupting my home life and work life. It lower heart BPM which was over 112 and blood pressure went down but EXERCISE can fix that. | M | 33 | 2 weeks 25MG 2X day | 5/28/2021 |