TOPROL XL Reviews (METOPROLOL SUCCINATE)Average Rating: 2.5 (823 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TOPROL XL with similar:
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| 1 | tachycardia | It has been almost a yr. since I had an ablation done and stopped taking the toprol xl. This is to help all of you who are struggling with the side effects. ie, anxiety! Don't give up or give in. Don't let the Dr. put you on benzos or antianxiety medication, believe me it will make it worse. I know how terrible the withdrawal is, but the other medications will not help in the longrun. Don't believe your Dr. either when they tell you that the Toprol would not cause your symptoms. I wish someone would have believed me about the withdrawal and had just helped me through it mentally. I was put one everything from anti anxiety to benzos, nothing helped until I got myself off of everything. It took almost a yr. I suffered from ringing in the ears, esophageal spasms, palpatations....on and on, all from the drugs I was giving. So this is what I did... I purchased a detox hypnosis cd and listened everynight. I went on the homeopathic pharmacy website and purchased some the the products | F | 69 | 1 months | 9/4/2008 | 3 | PALPITATIONS | some tiredness, occasional chest pain, blurred vision. | was taking atenolol which was really screwing me up, feel much better with the toprol. | M | 52 | 30 days | 9/2/2008 | 2 | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | I was on 200 mg. for 3 years - weight gain of 60 pounds in first six weeks and continued to gain an additional 90 pounds during the 3 years - finally got doc to drop dose to 50 mg. and woke up first morning on lower dose feeling like I had come out of a fog - my mind was clear. Not sure if side effects I feel (heavy legs, fatigue, aches, etc.) are due to the drug or the weight now - generic (which usually is fine for me) version did not work - had a return of symptoms (took me a month to make the connection). | F | 51 | 6 years | 8/27/2008 | 1 | PACs/PVCs | Listless, weight gain, depressionl, headaches, bloating | Coming off it is a weird, long process. I had to wean myself off, and am still going through the side effects of the last cut from 12.5 to 0 mg. It has been worth it, though, without a doubt. | F | 37 | 3 years | 8/26/2008 | 5 | Aortic Insufficiency/Stenosis,POTS | Weight gain, stomach pain | This drug has given me my life back. I am on 100mg in the morning and 50mg at night. I take a generic acid reducer every night with my evening dose, which has helped prevent the horrible stomach pain. I was very functionally impaired all last year with heart symptoms and had tried several medications, including regular, non-time-released metroprolol for a year and I was still having a lot of angina, fainting, weakness, etc. My brilliant new cardiologist was extremely thorough in his testing and realized that my beta-blocker was simply wearing off after a couple hours. I am daily amazed to be feeling so normal again! I can get through a full work day and I can go for walks and actually exercise again. I didn't think I could feel like this again without going through that eventually unavoidable valve replacement surgery. | F | 33 | 3 months | 8/16/2008 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | I was taking Toprol for 6 months and began having Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVCs) and heart flutters. Thank you all for sharing your experience with this medication. A few months ago I decided to stop taking it. I first started taking 1/2 a dose for a week, then the next week I took half of that and then the next week 1/2 of that dose. The next week I stopped entirely. I immediately felt better, more energy I've lost weight but best of all the number of PVCs started to decrease. I still had them and I was also taking Diovan so about a month later I stopped taking the Diovan too. I don't recommend stopping all blood pressure medications but I had to try to elminate these, to see what was causing the problems with my heart. After stopping the Diovan, I felt about the same, still getting occasional PVCs. As time went by though, I noticed they were coming less and less. It took about a month but I have not had any PVCs at all for awhile now! It seems as though Toprol s | I can't say if my experience applies to everyone but personally I had serious cardiac problems with PVCs while on Toprol. I had to wear a holter monitor which also showed this. I am blessed with a wonderful doctor who is supportive and willing to work WITH me to get to the root of the problem. She explained that she felt the Toprol slows the heartbeat and that my body was trying to compensate for that. She felt it best that I should not go back to taking the Toprol or that class of drugs since she felt my body didn't handle the Toprol well. If you've never had heart flutters and PVCs and started taking Toprol, and are now having heart problems, please check to see if Toprol might be the issue. | F | 53 | 6 months | 8/11/2008 | 1 | post bypass surgery | All the side effects....fatigue, dizziness, insomnia, impotence, lack of concentration | was on the this poison for two months. Finally struggled through to do research on a third-generation beta-blocker NEBIVOLOL [Bystolic]. Toprol is first generation. Is nonspecific as to beta type it blocks [1,2, or 3 and actually impacts on alpha receptors as well]. None of my physicians mentioned this as I complained, but after I brought it up and insisted. They all said, "Oh yes, it's a new drug]. Nebivolol has hardly any side effects. It actually is a ligand [triggers] beta-3 receptors while it blocks beta-1's. It also has a second potent and extremely crucial effect for SOME patients, and that is vasodilation via enhancement of Nitric Oxide production. Insist that your physician considers this as a replacement, especially if you have endothelial dysfunction issues. The Toprol will actually cause atherosclerosis and brain damage from its interference with beta-3 receptors and its blockage of Nitric Oxide. It can also actually cause angina and heart attack if you have | M | 63 | 2 months | 8/10/2008 | 1 | htn/mvp/ and to slow my heart rate | gained about 18 lbs within 5 mos | i 1st started taking this rx back in oct. '07, it has helped out with slowing my heart rate and with palpitations due to my mvp, but the weight gain is outta control. i've always been dieting and aware of my weight, but since taking this drug, my weights gone up almost 20 lbs. my appetite has increased and my desire to workout is just not there. my dr. is switchin drugs, so hopefully, i can get my weight back under control, but keep my bp down, slow the heart rate, and keep the palpitations to a minimum. | F | 30 | 8 months | 8/6/2008 | 2 | PVCs | Burning/itching on arms & hands, depression, nausea, bad dreams, fatigue & insomnia | At 25mg per day, no problems taking the drug the first 2 days except for the dreams, and it diminished the PVCs. On the 3rd day, severe itching and burning feelings started on hands & arms, along with nausea. By the 4th day, the PVCs were back as often as before, along with all the other symptoms including depression. After the 5th day with no letup in symptoms, I decided to stop cold turkey. The PVCs were the same, and I hated the side effects, so why take it? Dr. said they'd be "weaning" me off someday anyway, so I guess I beat them to it! | F | 50 | 5 days | 8/3/2008 | 1 | lower heart rate and arrythmias | Unstable blood pressure; did not control systolic pressure; blood pressure spikes up to 200/100; short-term memory loss; confusion; irritability; hallucinations; difficulty communicating | I am on 25 mg. and have divided the tablet in half which seems to help a bit with the side effects. Extremely predictable time frame for side effects. Sometimes if I lie down, I can also limit the effects. I also have no tolerance for activity. Doctors have thus far been reluctant to see the correlation between the medicine and the side effects. I would encourage you to report side effects to the FDA. There is a form on the FDA site. I am concerned that I may end up with permanent damage. | M | 4 months | 7/31/2008 | 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 | 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 | 5 | Tachycardia & Hypertension | At first I experienced extreme lethargy but my doctor warned me of this and told me to stick it out to see how I adjust. As it quickly subsided, like my doc advised (he takes toprol himself), I now have no notable side effects. | I take the generic version and noticed absolutely no difference between the name brand & generic. I am extremely satisfied with the results I have received, my bp now averages 110/70 & heart rate about 80 bpm. My alternative to medications, for which I have been on many, is a pace maker. I am going to keep up with the medication as long as possible with the complete understanding that as with any medication, I am in charge of my own medical care and work closely with a trusting doctor who listens to me. If you don't like the medication, talk to your doctor, if he won't work with you, you need a new doctor. | F | 42 | 1 years | 7/13/2008 | 3 | rapid heart beat | INSOMNIA, fluid retention that has given me cellulite ALL OVER even in my ankles! Grumpy, withdrawn, TIRED, lazy, short of breath, chest pain, chest tightness, NO motivation, hot showers make me short of breath, yawning, did I say WEIRD abnormal cellulite? I weigh 110 lbs and have crazy fluid looking cellulite. Everthing gets on my nerves now and I used to laugh at everything! INSOMNIA! | I was hospitalized twice for extremely high heart rate, chest pains and chest tightness... Extreme fatigue... um hello? doctors??? Any help please? Geeeeeeeeeeez! | F | 35 | 7 months | 7/3/2008 | 2 | SVT(sinus), MYP, irregular heartbea | Loss of hair, weight gain, fatigue, chest pain, shortness of breath, sudden drop in blood pressure then it shoots back up, ALL OVER THE PLACE, I need this medication, but the side effects are awful. I'm anxious and I have to get on some anti-anxiety meds. I don't like that because I'm a drug addict and I have to stay off addictive medication. My body is dependent on Topral and I hate it. I feel like my heart is going to stop working on this medication. Don't take it if you don't have to. | Only works well for a short % of people. do your research before you start this med. Oh if your anemic around that time of the month, consider cutting your dosage in half. You blood pressure will drop and pulse rate will go up. You'll become very ill, very quick. | F | 29 | 4 months | 6/28/2008 | 3 | high blood pressure | Was given this med, 50 mg to lower bp. now it is too low 120/50, pulse 60. have tightness in chest area, palpations, ringing in ears, and a feeling on doom and gloom. I am thinking of lowering my dosage, or maybe asking to be put on another drug. any suggestions? | 59 | 5 days | 6/25/2008 | 3 | High blood pressure | I have been on Toprol XL for several months. I initially started in October on a trial basis. I was then on the generic for 2 months. The generic did not lower my BP. I checked this site because I have had joint pain for the past month. My fingers, toes and feet ache on and off. I also experience a mild to medium headache daily. I need to take 1-2 Tylenol to get rid of the headache and joint pain, which sometimes is severe. I have had a few wierd dreams, but not as constant as others seem to have. I have experienced 1 episode of a panicky feeling. I don't have the other problems I've been reading about, but I certainly am going to be watching. | F | 48 | 3 months | 6/20/2008 | 5 | tachycardia, PACs, PVCs | fatigue, cold hands and feet especially in the winter | I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THE GENERIC, BUT TOPROL XL HAS SAVED MY LIFE! I have heard horrid reports for the generic version, so I only take the real thing. I take 50 mg once daily, and for the first few months, I did have fatigue, but this slowed my pulse down to a normal level (60-80 bpm) and controls my irregular beats for the most part. Some say this drug should be taken off the market?? NO WAY. It is a miracle drug for me, and everyones body responds differently. I couldn't function without it. | F | 36 | 6.5 years | 6/14/2008 | 4 | low blood pressure&rapid heart beat | none | F | 31 | 5 years | 6/5/2008 | 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 |