Patient Log of Experience Using TOPROL XL
DRUG RATINGS REPORTS HISTORY FOR A PATIENT TAKING TOPROL XL
| Key to ratings for TOPROL XL: 5-Very Satisfied: this medicine cured me or helped me a great deal. 4-Satisfied: this medicine helped. 3-Somewhat Satisfied: this medicine helped somewhat. 2-Not Satisfied: this medicine did not work to my satisfaction. 1-Dissatisfied: I would not recommend taking this medicine. |
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| Rating | Reason | Side Effects | Comments | Sex | Age | Time Taken and Dosage | Date Added | |
| 3 | palpitations | Weight gain despite diet and exercise, fatique, crazy nightmares, general feelings of heaviness. | FAT! My biggest side effect was weight gain. Boy did I gain weight. I spent most of my 20s as a size 2, then a size 4 in my 30s. I eat a good diet and am fairly active. I've always been thin. I gained almost 8 pounds in the first 2 months on this drug, and just kept on gaining until I was about 15 pounds heavier than usual. After adhering to a ridiculously low calorie diet and exercising compulsively, I was able to take the weight back off over a period of 9 months, losing very slowly. Then, I had surgery and was unable to exercise a lot, but maintained a reasonable diet. I gained all the weight back and then some, in about 6 months time, while eating responsibly. I read so much other feedback about others with this issue that I just have to blame the drug - I'd be willing to admit mistakes I made, but the weight gain was so sudden, and so out of the norm for my body, and so hard to fix, that I think the pill must share some of the responsibility. It did, however, really help the irregular heartbeats. | F | 33 | 1.5 years 25 mg 1X D | 3/19/2010 | |