TOPROL XL Reviews (METOPROLOL SUCCINATE)Average Rating: 2.5 (823 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TOPROL XL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TOPROL XL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | High Blood Pressure | Bad dreams, thinnig hair, in a fog, quick temper, no energy | Taking 100mg a day. BP was 148/98. Still above 130 at times, I take 50mg in the am and another 50mg in the pm. Started cutting back to only 50mg in the am. Trying to get off this "Crap"! | M | 49 | 1 years | 5/29/2008 | 4 | Tachycardia | Insomnia...but Trazodone counteracts that. Sleeping good and can work out in the sun without going into 180+ bpm. Good med for me. | F | 46 | 1 years | 5/25/2008 | 3 | heart condition | Not sure | M | 59 | | 5/4/2008 | 3 | Hypertension | None so far | My blood pressure has been high for at least 5 years, but I was just recently taken off my BC pills because of it. After being off BC for over a week, my BP still did not lower, in fact it was 150/100 at my last visit. The physician wanted to put me on a diuretic first, but I urinate ALOT (up to 4 times a night) already so he decided to give me Metoprolol Succinate (Toprol XL) 25 mg. The first day my BP went down to 124/82, but since then it has been rising again, today it was 135/92. I have a check up in a few weeks, and I'm guessing he is either going to raise my dose, or put me on a combo with a diuretic. | F | 22 | 4 days | 4/29/2008 | 1 | high blood pressure | fatigue, short of breath, tired, confused, difficulty withdrawing | don't take it. | F | 60 | 5 years | 4/20/2008 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Weight gain, Excessive Sweating, heart palpatations, vivid dreams, hallucinations, exhaustion, insomnia, body aches, heavy legs, depression | I took Toprol for 4 years. I gained 50+ pounds, had the worst dreams ever. They were so real, I would get out of the bed and put on my glasses to make sure I was seeing what I thought. Sometimes I would see actual performances. If I wake up and see a light, any light, even on the alarm clock, some figure would appear. I and my family thought I had lost my mind. I sweated like a maniac for no reason, you would think that I had just ran a marathon. My body ached, legs would be so heavy, especially upon waking. Sometimes I had to lay in bed longer because my legs were achy and too heavy to get up. I had brain fog, couldn't concentrate and my night vision was almost zero. I never felt like doing anything, the only thing I wanted to do was sleep. I never got a good night sleep, sometime I didnt sleep at all. Being on Toprol was HELL!!!!!!!!! I am off now and I feel like a different person. | F | 43 | 4 years | 4/19/2008 | 1 | Borderline High BP | I was taking Toprol XL along with Diovan HCT. The combo gave me constant loose stool, erectile problems, headaches,pains in the feet, tingling sensations in the arms when sleeping. | I stopped the meds 1 week ago and feel much better. NO MORE MEDS for me. I am watching my diet and exercising to reduce the BP. | M | 54 | 2 years | 4/11/2008 | 5 | HBP and Anxiety | Taking 25 mg of extended release a day. I was a little tired the first few days but that's gone and I've had no other side effects. My blood pressure has gone down to 110/70 even in the dentist's chair. | I was on another drug for HBP but had been having severe anxiety for about 3 months to the point of being unable to leave the house. I was also depressed and was finding no joy in anything. Saw my doctor and she changed my blood pressure medicine to this beta blocker. At first I noticed no decrease in anxiety, just in the BP. After about 4 or 5 days though my anxiety level fell as did my depression. I feel like myself again and am enjoying life. I love this medication. | F | 64 | 30 days | 4/5/2008 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Headache, hair loss, weight gain, depression, no energy or sex drive, earache, moodiness, jitters, hallucinations, memory loss, confusion, just overall feeling of being in a dark hole. It was terrible :(. | I took this for a month, and it was the worst month of my life. I was prescribed 50mg, but my Doctor told me to start on 25mg, because of how my system doesn't handle medications well. It was a horrible month, and I'm so glad to be off this medication. NEVER will I take it again. I stopped taking this and within 3 days, I started to come out of the fog, and after a week off it, I feel 95% better. I haven't had a headache in a week and my ears are not hurting either. This medication is the pits. | F | 38 | 1 months | 4/3/2008 | 1 | b.p problems | so meny I can't count them all ! 6years on toprol xl -8 Doctors refusing to take me off it! suffering daily from this junk! hair falling out! massive back pains! throat closing! vision problems!! | Toprol xl is a betablocker! this junk should be taken off the market! I had to go out of the fold of Hmo system, and seek a Normal Doctors help,to get off the medication(spend my money!) out of pocket to do this!! after 6years got switched to another medication -have 80% less side effects now! feel way way better! cancled my old Hmo plan ! belive it helped me a lot ! | M | 54 | 6.5 years | 4/1/2008 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Irritability, loss of energy, weight gain, depression, wheezing, coughing, nightmares, headaches. | Being on this was a miserable experience. I do not take medications, because my system has a weird reaction to them, and it did not like Metoprolol at all. I felt terrible, and after being off it 3 days, I feel much better already. | F | 38 | 1 months | 3/30/2008 | 1 | prevention of migraines | I've been on this medication for about 1 1/2 yrs or so after being taken off of Inderal, another beta blocker. I have gained so much weight it's unbelievable. It did subside the headaches, however, my stomach has extended now, I have heartburn so bad, I'm on prevacid for acid reflux now. I started out taking 50 mgs. I have cut myself down to 25. I am now being weined off . My Dr. said to take every other day for 1 to 2 weeks. | I will never get back on any beta blocker again unless it's for a life threatening disease. I'll live with the headaches and hope I lose the weight. | F | 58 | 1 years | 3/30/2008 | 4 | heart attack | Weight gain, gas, decreased stamina, all of which I assumed was the result of getting older. Toprol XL helps hormonal migraines. I work full time at a demanding job and take care of two kids, a husband, a demanding 78 year old mother who has health issues, the house, and garden. I don't have time to be ill. I don't suffer from depression and those who do have my sympathy. | I take 25 mg per day with an adult aspirin. No other medication, except a migraine prescription for severe hormonal migraines. I exercise about 40 min. per day and try to stay on low fat diet. My LDL is 95 and HDL is 59, bp 120/80. I am a coffee addict, and drink 4 cups a day. | F | 52 | 6 years | 3/29/2008 | 5 | Anxiety & HBP | only felt a bit tired on it when I first started the medicine, but since I take it at night, it helps me sleep, which I am glad for, since not being able to sleep was an issue for me. | I suffer from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress) and suffer from anxiety, panic attacks and recently from the anxiety my BP went up. My Dr. put me on 50 mg of Toprol XL once a day that I take before I go to bed (I take it at 8 pm each night). I take the generic toprol xl. Have not had any adverse side effects. It has helped me greatly. No more racing heart beat, my BP went down to normal range within 3 wks and no longer have to take anti-anxiety meds on a regular basis anymore. It has given me my life back. I don't like to take meds, and after reading so many negative comments on this webpage it scared me a bit to take it...but it has worked for me. I will take it as long as it is helping me. So far, so good! | F | 48 | 4 weeks | 3/25/2008 | 3 | chest pain, enlarged heart H.C.O. | HCO=high cardiac output......tiredness, dullness, shakiness,freezing hands and feet, chest pain and palpitations | I started on 25 mgs, and chest pain subsided for little while and came back, so the dosage was upped to 50mgs and that was ok for a little while. I had a mild heart attack back in december, stayed in hospital for 6 days. I was continuing 50 mgs and last week they increased it to 100mgs because my chest pain is getting worse again. I think they are going to just keep increasing the dosage until they cant anymore cause it seems like whenever it gets worse they are just covering up my symptoms with more medication and im confused. | F | 20 | 6 months | 3/23/2008 | 4 | irregular heartbeat | Took a lot of getting used to because it slowed me down. I experienced muscle tiredness and could not do as much as I was used to for at least a year. Oddly, the dosage seemed to cause strange heart beats whenever I took a pill. Today my strength and energy are normal. My body is so chemically dependent on this drug that if I am late in taking the medication, I get an itchy area on my hand. | F | 60 | 5 years | 3/21/2008 | 2 | slightly high blood pressure | Always had slight anxiety problems, but the anxiety issues have changed from being a rare event to daily problems. Also have cold hands, and notice slight loss of sensation in fingers and side of face. | M | 40 | 2 years | 3/10/2008 | 1 | HBP | Horrible asthma type breathing problems, heart racing and an increase in B/P. Leg pains, exhaustion, insomnia and nightmares. | Was on Toprol for 5 years 25Mg, then 50Mg, then 75 Mg, then back down to 25Mg - now weaning off. Horrid drug and weaning off is HORRIFIC. I wish I had never gone on this medication. | F | 34 | 5 years | 3/4/2008 | 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 | 1 | SVT, Hypertension | You name it difficulty breathing, numb hand and feet, hotheadedness. | This drug is terrible, my doctor wouldn't take me off when I was on 100mG I thought I was going to die. My cardiologist dropped me to 50mG and sent me to a specialist and had an ablation done on my heart to stop the SVT(super ventricular tachycardia) and was finally taken off this drug after printing of the side effects and showing it to my doctor and he took me off and I have felt better since. I just wonder if there will be any lasting problems with my lungs after taking this drug for so long. | M | 52 | 3 years | 2/22/2008 |