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 & Quad Bypass | Being tired was the main side effect. Went away after a few months. To adjust your body to this drug takes time. Take at night for as long as you can, then switch to the mornings. | I take 50 MG in the morning. To get used to the side effects I took Toprol at bedtime for several months until my body adjusted to the side effects. Now I don't notice any side effects. Usually this drug keeps my blood pressure in the good area, but not all the time. | M | 56 | 5 years | 8/23/2007 | 1 | Irregular Heart Rythm | Extreme Exhaustion... Disconnected... Chest Pain... Frustration... | I stopped taking this drug, as the side effects were far worse than my original condition... Even though I've been off for over three months, I can still barely walk uphill without losing my breath... Before Toprol-XL, I could run an easy 10 miles daily, now I can't walk from the house to the car without chest pain and without losing my breath... I'd appreciate any information from anyone who has experienced like symptoms... | M | 45 | 1 years | 8/22/2007 | 4 | for high blood pressure | tightening of chest if too high dose and hallucinations if take when sleeping- probably from lack of oxygen flow- I don't take it at bedtime anymore | I take 1/4 of a 25 mg pil 2x a day-this is all I need to keep my heart rate at an optimum level of about 115/60 to 125/75. My doctor said that was the goal. sometimes I go lower so the medicine does not build up too much. I used to have depression and it is totally gone now. I use ativan at night as needed because I have MVP and ativan stops the flow of epinepherine(adrenaline) which sometimes is set off by the the extra low blood pressure from the MVP...good luck finding what is out of whack...I finally feel great after 30 years...yay | F | 51 | 4 days | 8/17/2007 | 4 | HBP , heart failure | Occasional dizzeyness, tinites in both ears, low heart rate, fall asleep w/o warning. | I started taking 400mg toprol, with other medications daily after stint was put in. Lowered to 200mg. after a two years or so because of low heart rate. 55-60bpm . | M | 65 | 5 years | 8/17/2007 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Hair Loss. Just discovered thru ENT Dr. that I have Menier's disease: includes vertigo, ears ringing,hearing loss. My hearing is loss of words, tones,not volume. This cannot be fixed with hearing aid. Once brain cells dead, brain replaces loss of sound by the ringing. I was told to get Walmart water sound machine, sleep under fan so can go to sleep. Glad to see this site. Could not imagine why ear problem or hair? | F | 53 | 5 years | 8/16/2007 | 1 | Blood Pressure | Tired all the time, Now have hearing loss, and Tinnitus in left ear. I have stopped taking Toprol-XL now for almost 1 month, and still have the hearing loss, anyone else still have this or did the hearing resume after you stopped using the drug? My ears are my life so I am devastated at my situation. Praying that my hearing will come back. Please someone tell me that your hearing clears up after discontinuing this drug. The Ringing is driving me to insanity! | Don't take this drug unless you have to be on it. I bought my own blood pressure monitor, and found out that I was taking this drug due to inconsistent BP reading at my doctor's office. Turns out my BP is totally normal when I take it at home. If you don't need this medication, stay away from it. It destroys your body. | M | 31 | 5 months | 8/11/2007 | 3 | Rapid Heartbeat/Palpatations | Seems to increase my anxiety levels - Not sure if its the combination of Toprol XL 25 mg and Xanax .5 mg, but my anxiety levels surge if I am stuck in traffic for too long. | Toprox - XL .25 mg helps me relax and sleep at night. It also helps my irregular heartbeats, considering before my meds were prescribed, my heartbeats were over 144 beats per minute. Now the Toprol XL calms my heartbeat to a steady pace -However, the anxiety surge concerns me. I am uncomfortable with any meds that has to regulate the heartbeat. | F | 38 | 1.8 years | 8/8/2007 | 5 | PVC'S | The girth of my penis has increased tramendously! It is absolutely amazing! Maybe it has something to do with the vasodialation of my main vein. | M | 23 | 2 days | 8/4/2007 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | brain fog! confusion, short term memory loss, tingling hands, feet, cold feet and hands, tend to stare off into space all the time..out of it feeling! | After being on this drug 2 months I am weaning off. I was on 50mg originally..am down to 25mg and and goign to cut down to 12.5mg. I noticed the brain fog increased when I cut down from 50mg to 25mg. | M | 40 | 2 months | 8/3/2007 | 4 | HBP/Angina | Foggy Thinking has been on-going, but I never knew Toprol was the cause. Hair Loss (as soon as I took fish oil, it restored growth). Otherwise, after getting over the initial first 3 bad weeks of nightmares, side effects, etc. and getting used to the medicine, it has improved my BP readings greatly to normal levels. | 100 mg. Toprol was a life saver because nothing else seemed to lower my high BP or take away chest pains, but due to drastically changing lifestyle habits and cutting out sugar, preservatives, artificial sweeteners, processed foods 9 mos. ago, it resulted in dropping 25 lbs and many chloresterol and triglyceride points, my BP has plummeted to 98/58 for the past few weeks. Now it is too low and I'm experiencing dizziness and fatique. Dr. appointment is scheduled to reduce dosage so I can start feeling better. | F | 54 | 5 years | 7/31/2007 | 1 | | 7/31/2007 | 3 | Hypertension | Weight gain long term (about 12 pounds over 2.5 years). When first began taking it, cold hands and feet. Pressure in my lower chest (stomach?), tiredness and lack of excitment about stuff in life. | I was started on 50 mg toprol-XL I was on it for 1.5 years until I couldn't take it anymore. I talked to my doctor and went down to 25 mg. Horrible side effects when going off to the 25 mg, palpitations, anckle and hand pain. Went to 25 mg for 8 months, then had to reduce it again to 12.5 mg. Same issues with reducing the dose. Finally I had to give it up vecause I couldn't lose the weight no matter how much I excersised (at least 3 times a week, 45 minute runs of about 3.5 miles each, and multiple times at the gym every week). My doctor told me to stop it cold-turkey because it was a low dose...well, I experienced lack of vassoconstriction in my palms, and eyes, feel like shit for about 4 weeks and finally starting to get better. Why in the world do the drug companies not have a regimen to get you off the dam medications? | M | 35 | 2.5 years | 7/30/2007 | 2 | High Blood Presuure | Draggy butt syndrome, need to take a nap, no sex drive, dizzy, weight gain. | M | 57 | 3 years | 7/30/2007 | 1 | HBP | Med doesn't control bloodpressure can't sleep but 2 hrs. each night, counld'nt breath, weak and lethargic feeling, can.t remember anything that my wife and I discuss, eyes weaking, foggy brain, can't find the right words to say. | I have had HP since i was 25yrs. old Family history and smoker overall bad lifestyle. 1st on vasotec hctz atenolol worked fine. June 2007 internist put me on toprol 50mg avilide and norvsc. After a week raised toprol to 100mg. The drugs are ruining my life. I'm self employed amd can't work. as of today I'm back to my original meds' Glad I didn't through them away Be very careful on toprol/get all info from Dr. | M | 45 days | 7/27/2007 | 1 | high blood pressure problems | DIZZYNESS -HEADACHES- BLURR VISISON- RINGING IN RIGHT EAR- NUMBNESS IN FINGERS AND FEET- NOSE RUNNING- EYES HEAVY LIDS WONT OPEN IN A.M HAIR LOSS- WAIGHT GAIN BY 18POUNDS- BLOATING BELLY- THROAT CLOSEING OUT OF BREATH- CHEST PAINS OFF AND ON- PALPIATIONS- OFF AND ON | NOTE: BEFORE TAKING THIS DRUG, NEVER HAD HAIR LOSS OR WAIGHT GAIN NO CHEST PAINS AT ALL EVER! NO BACK PAINS- NEVER OUT OF BREATH , NEVER TIRED OR FEELING LIKE RUN DOWN ALL THE TIME. THROAT NEVER CLOSED UP ON ME WHILE EATTING FOODS OR DRINKING. BLOATING BELLY NEVER! THIS STUFF HAS DONE MORE HARM THAN GOOD TO ME ! MY DOCTOR REFUSES TO TAKE ME OFF IT, BEING ITS SO WONDERFULL TO TAKE! WONDER MAYBE HE SHOULD TAKE IT, WOULD LOVE TO MAKE HIM TAKE IT AND WATCH HIM GO THREW WHAT IV BEEN THREW! ITS A NASTY EVIL DRUG! AND BELONGS IN THE TOILET FLUSHED FOREVER ! WILL BE POSTING ONLINE THE UNKNOWN SIDE EFFECTS FOR TOPROL XL SOON WILL POST THE SITE ASAP . | M | 54 | 3 years | 7/23/2007 | 2 | hypertension | dizzy,vision problems,loss of libido,tingling and numbness in hands and feet,foggy | F | 39 | 2 weeks | 7/7/2007 | 2 | Irregular heart beat | Wierd dreams, trouble sleeping more than two three hours at a time,(before Toprol-XL I usually lsept all night)tired, tired, tired. I want to lie down or lean back in recliner all time. | My experience with Toprol is the same as it has been with all beta blockers. I've had 8 different B.B. prescribed for me during the last 25 years and so far as I'm concerned a beta blocker is a concotion from the devil. Do they ever help anyone? | M | 78 | 4 months | 7/5/2007 | 2 | PVCs - palpatations | Dizziness, lethargy, tired all the time, couldn't wake up Taking it at bedtime then taking Lisonopril half a 20mgs tab in the mroning Only taking half a 25mg Toprol for past 2 years | Went to far as to visit an ENT doc about a possible inner ear problem. When he looked at my list of meds he identified the Toprol as the likely culprit and advised to try and break the half in half again or quit all together and monitor closely | M | 57 | 2 years | 7/5/2007 | 1 | h.b.p | Lots and Lots of side effects! makes me sick! screwed up my life and cant work while on this drug! hair is falling out! visison is going bad! nose keeps running!throat closes up when eatting!!! I want off this P.O.S. drug ! | Please! does anyone know how to get off this drug Toprol xl from 200mg down! weaning slow ? I keep getting withdraw symptoms ?? and side effects! while trying to get off this turd of drug! I can not get a single Doctor in my HMO to help me! makes me wonder what Am I paying for? and who's life is it anyways!!! please help! | M | 54 | 3 years | 7/4/2007 | 2 | high blood pressure | buzzy head, jelly legs, foggy brain. Worst headache of my life when I first started. Tired, sleepy, visual and sleep disturbances, very sensitive to motion, crying with no warning and for no good reason. No appetite but weight gain thru the waist and stomach, dizzy, diarrhea, palpatations. The cold hands and feet have subsided as have the vivid dreams. What is weird is I don't have every symptom every day so never know when I can function and when I can't. | Started on 25mg per day, have cut back to 12.5. Most of the time my blood pressure is fine; some days the systolic pressure is high. I like that it has lowered my pulse rate and seems to have an anti anxiety effect. Before this I was on Benicar and Clonidine and that was much worse. Am afraid to go back to the doctor for fear of being put on something with more side effects. He told me that none of these meds has side effects and if not for this web site, would think I was crazy. This is the only medication I am on. | F | 65 | 5 months | 7/2/2007 |