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 |
| 4 | hbp,pvcs | hairloss,cold hands and feet,numbness in hands and feet,weight gain,brain fog | i've read everyone's comments very helpful but what everyone fails to mention is their weight,smoker,other health issues,because these factors contribute to your symptoms,the question is do the new problems outweigh the previous and is their something else to take or do to help your heart. | F | 45 | 7 years | 6/29/2007 | 4 | Tachycardia / palpations | Off balance, confusion, can think of words to say, sometimes feel lightheaded and faint, at times unable to take a deep breath or yawn, feel tired all of a sudden during the day, anxiety and panic attacks, no appetite(lost 10 lbs) nausea, heartburn, ringing in my ears, hands get very cold, getting more clumsy with hands, hard to grasp things, dry eyes and throat during the night, feels like throat wants to close especially when eating, have more mucus production. | I'm not sure if these symptoms are caused by Toprol, but they seem to be getting worse lately. I am afraid to get off of it because I hate the feeling of palpatations, they are debilitating. But I also hate having trouble swallowing out of all symptoms. I was on Atenolol before this and it lost it's effectiveness and I had severe indigestion. | F | 34 | 3 years | 6/28/2007 | 2 | HBP | weight gain, chest pain, hard to catch my breath, tired all the time, increased gas and gas pain, increase back pain. Anxiety!!! easy to anger, hard to determine if it was my heart or just heartburn | was only taking the 50 mg. Dr. told me to take 1/2 tablet for 3 days then to start taking Diovan. Today's the first day completely off the Toprol and I feel much better already! | F | 43 | 5 months | 6/26/2007 | 1 | mild hypertension | constant internal tremors, horrible nightmares, insominia, stomach ache, headache, difficulty focusing, sweaty feet | Internal tremors began 1 or 2 days after taking Toprol-XL @ 50mg/day. I went to 2 psychiatrists, 2 cardiologists and family doctor. NONE could believe Toprol-XL was the culprit. I was diagnosed as having "anxiety-like attacks." Second visit to both psychiatrists, both said NO anxiety attack...Toprol-XL was the cause. I reduced Toprol from 50 mg to 25 mg & had "WITHDRAWAL" symptoms for 15 minutes: Uncontrollable shaking (this time visiable), hands, feet & legs BLUE, blood pressure HIGH, pulse HIGH. It has been 1 1/2 months since getting off Toprol and the internal tremors are not nearly as severe but still there. I'm wondering if I have permanent nerve damage. Will see neurologist. I would NOT recommend this drug. | F | 57 | 2 months | 6/25/2007 | 4 | Lower BP | I get the need to take deep breaths when doing nothing physical, like getting in the shower. I have been on 50 mg twice a day for two years. Weight gain also. | I am a 63 year "young" male, have a double by pass 5 years ago, as well as some sort of ring placed on my mytro valve, as it was leaking a bit. I work out 6 days: 1 hour Monday and Friday with a trainer and the rest of the time 40 minutes alone. Heart rate is around 52 and never over 88 when on treadmill. I have gained 40 pounds all in my stomach and boobs to. The pounds are coming off very slowly, but I "was" a big eater: large portions, so I cannot blame it all on drugs. When I first started Toprol, I would get blurred vision so bad I had to close one eye to see, this happened twice while driving on freeway, nice huh? I think my heart wanted to nearly stop. Nothing since. I'm going to ask my heart doctor about cutting the dose in half. I find it difficult to totally trust the medical profession as all they want to do is prescribe drugs and no little to nothing about vitamins. My triglycerides are high and they want to prescribe Crestor. My research indicates | M | 63 | 3 years | 6/24/2007 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | None | Toprol has worked well for me and I have had no side effects. I take 50 Mg per day (split pill) and find Toprol is less expensive and more effective than OTC remedies. | M | 55 | 5 years | 6/19/2007 | 4 | tachycardia | lowered metabolism, biggest concern is Peyronies Disease (curvature of erect penis). Because of this, looking for alternative medicine. | Virtually no side effects at .25mg per day other than Peyronies showing up after about 5 years on it. Cured tachycardia episodes. | M | 50 | 7 years | 6/19/2007 | 2 | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | DIZZINESS, CLOGGED EARS, EXTREME TIREDNESS, GAS. I HAVE BEEN TAKING THIS FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS, THE FIRST WEEK A BLACKED OUT TWICE, i FELT BETTER WITH THE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | F | 49 | 9 months | 6/19/2007 | 1 | PVCs | Extreme fatigue, confusion, hair loss, weight gain, depression | This is a scary drug! I really only asked my cardiologist if I could go off of it because my nurse told me that the drug was probably what was causing my hair loss. I didn't blame the other side effects on Toprol until I went off and they disappeared within 48 hours. I've mostly stopped shedding (and have new growth!), I'm not paranoid or imagining things anymore, I can get things done after work instead of falling asleep in my chair (or at my desk), my hands and feet have gone back to their normal size and I've lost 9 lbs in 3 weeks without trying. I was on an extremely low dose (25 mg/day). I can't imagine what would've happened if I'd taken more! If you have a choice, DO NOT take this drug. | F | 52 | 9 months | 6/17/2007 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Foggy thinking as if in a haze. Mentioned it to my doctor and thought it was related to my cholesterol medicine. Typically cholesterol meds improve cognitive ability. It seemed to work initially (100mg), but after 18 months, my BP was still 140/95. After switching to Diovan HCT, my foggy thinking went away and I feel much sharper now. In retrospect it was Toprol XL that was the culprit. A few others on this board cite the same side effect. Other than this haze, I didn't feel any other side effects. I was also on an HCZT water pill. | M | 36 | 18 months | 6/15/2007 | 1 | Hypertension and tachycardia | Extreme exhaustion, hair loss, unexplained weight gain, unexplained elevated blood sugar, extreme insulin resistance. Had to have 80 units of regular insulin to bring blood sugar down at each low carb meal. Blurred vision, unable to concentrate. Poor memory. Change in personality. Insomnia at night but could fall asleep while talking to someone. | I tapered down from 300 mg to 200 mg for one week. Felt better. Tapered down to 150 mg. had palpitations and tachycardia. Controlled with pacing myself and with exhaling technique. Life is much better than while on high dose. Plan to go to 100 mg next week and hope to get off this medicine eventually. | F | 51 | 6 years | 6/15/2007 | 4 | High Blood Pressure/Rapid heart Rat | No side effects- only one time I had blurred vision and felt a bit confused. | My bp has come down to 140/83, first visit to the doctor I had a bp of 202/110 with pluse rate of 130 now it is at 67. | M | 30 | 3 weeks | 6/14/2007 | 1 | h.b.p | stomach bloating waight gain cant loose it while on this drug! short term memory loss, trapped gas build up! back pains, side aches darn!!! body aches all over! pannic attacks! night mares and no sleep! shaking off and on, tentenitus in right ear (ringing) hair thinning out and loss of hair! vision problems aches and pains everywhere! worst have chest pains caused by trapped gas build up pushing upwords aginst my heart! caused by this dog gone rotten drug! | Iv been to the E.R 3times while on this medication due to chest pains, turns out every single time its trapped gas build up pushing on my chest and heart! and not a heart attack! caused by this idiot pill toprol xl - my hmo group,Dotors refuse to take me off this medication, as im addticted to it and have to be weened off it slowly by a Dr. they know I will go threw withdrawal symptoms! and fear this totaly. so they lie about the drug.. meantime I suffer in pain and putting up with the worst side effects known to mankind! im also on diovan small amount , that drug is another bummer! blurr visison -headaches- chest pains ! you name it it happens to me.. I will have to get my attorney to force the issue to the hmo group doctors so I can get off these medications! anyone out there have these problems ! and how did you get off the drug toprol xl .. thank God for Sicko the movie coming out soon! lets hope things change for the better... | M | 54 | 3 years | 6/10/2007 | 1 | cardiac arythmia | Severe difficulty getting a breath, fainting, fatigue. | It has been a year since I weaned myself off Toprol XL, and I am still dealing with what now seems to be permanant breathing difficulties. It is like having to yawn all the time, but unable to get the breath in. Also causing near fainting when I can't get the air into my lungs. My lungs just won't expand enough to get the air in. It has slightly improved over time, but still having about 7 to 10 bad days a month with the continued breathing problems. | F | 46 | 6 weeks | 6/9/2007 | 1 | high blood pressure | extreme fatigue (couldn't stand up long enough to empty the dishwasher), muscle and joint pain and weakness in arms and legs (couldn't even comb my hair, was falling when going down steps. Drastic personality change into a hateful person prone to rage attacks. Multiple rashes (eyelids, central face (like lupus but tested negative), neck, upper chest and upper back, hands. Constipation, abdominal distention, weight gain. Mental fog (short term memory loss, inability to do simple arithmetic--I teach calculus, unable to remember names of people I've known for years. Horrible white coating on tongue and bad breath. Fluid drains from ears constantly. Dry, gritty eyes. Difficulty speaking and swallowing. Complete loss of sex drive. | The doctor refused to acknowledge any of the side effects. I quit taking it on my own (and quit going to my quack doctor) almost 18 months ago and have only partially recovered. | F | 46 | 2.5 years | 6/5/2007 | 3 | High blood pressure | Anxiety, depression, sinking feeling, "tingling" in the chest. | I took Benecar for about 2 years and my doc for no apparent reason suggested I switch to Troprol-XL, 50mg. After three weeks, my BP has been kept down to about 125/80, heart rate around 48, but I have suffered fairly pronounced anxiety and depression with some odd feelings of warm flashes and sinking. I also experience a tingling in the middle of my chest that is close to being pain. I'm in generally good health, run 3 miles several times a week, and eat right. I thought these side effects would go away after a while, but they haven't, so I'm going to switch to something else. | M | 55 | 22 days | 6/4/2007 | 5 | High blood pressure | Probably makes Raynaud's worse...but otherwise no problems | I've taken Toprol-XL 50 mg. for 8 years. My blood pressure has gone down except at times when I see my doctor. I appear to have "white coat" phobia because I hate going to the doctor! I'm a naturally anxious person and my dr. choose this for me because he said it helps some people to relax and takes the edge off. I also have Raynaud's (poor circulation in fingers especially when cold) and Toprol is probably making this worse so I'm considering taking another drug before winter comes again. | F | 46 | 8 years | 5/30/2007 | 3 | ARVD, Daily PVCs | Marked Hair loss, interrupted sleep, freaky weird dreams and constant gas and weight gain. Also, short term memory loss or a feeling of a loss of words during conversations. Not being able to get my point across. Repeating things.... | I was so happy to find this web page. I was thinking that I was crazy and have complained about all these issues to my dr. Especially the weight gain and hair loss. My complaints were pretty much dismissed but after reading comments from others and I am going to my next appt. and demanding to change meds, especially since they uped my dosage to 100 mg per day at my last visit three months ago...Heart problems are hard to harness and treat but there must be something else out there that doesn't make you fat, bald, and confused! | F | 41 | 2 years | 5/28/2007 | 2 | Clogged artery | I had an extremely high Cholesterol level (358), being a younger person in excellent health my whole life... this was completely unexpected. After a week of chest, neck and back pain, the symptoms finally culminated in a total loss of feeling in the left side of my face, arm and leg (SCARY).. after an emergency angioplasty and non medicated stent I was placed on a therapy of Plavix (75mg) Zocor(40mg) and Toprol XL (50mg)...30 days into this routine and my chest still feels heavy, I am having an impossible time loosing weight even though I'm walking 5 miles daily, doing a strict 1500 calorie diet and strength training every other day. Dizziness, difficulty with linear thought (I wander) depressed, major Fatigue, but restless sleep during the night... the symptoms of the other drugs that I'm taking don't line up with these , so I am making a connection between these horrible side effects and Tropol, having said that..I'll admit that it's a guess but based on the other comments in here i | these feeling are as bad or worse than clogged artery. Also worth note is the fact that I never had high blood pressure or an exaggerated/erratic pulse, In fact as I was having my heart attack my blood pressure was 128/72 and my pulse was 68 (in the emergency room)so I'm not even sure why my cardiologist would prescribe a whole 50mg of this stuff.. I am meeting with him today and am going to ask that I be removed from both the Tropol and Plavix...there are homeopathic, nutritional and exercise programs that are just as effective with the only side effect being that you get into shape. | M | 41 | 30 days | 5/24/2007 | 1 | tachycardia/palpitations | Weight gain (went from 120 lbs to 130 lbs - all water weight - I lost it within a week of going off of it). I was also tired all of the time - I slept 12 hours every night but it wasn't enough. I had a lot of shortness of breath and fatigue. It did not keep my heart rate under control and I had to keep upping the dose which only made my fatigue worse. Eventually, my blood pressure was too low and my heart rate was not dropping. | I'd rather take nothing at all than Toprol. I felt awful on it, and luckily my cardiologist who thought Toprol was wonderful moved and my new cardiologist realized that the medicine was making me a zombie and wasn't working for me at all! I did much better on Cardizem, a calcium channel blocker, but I still had side effects. | F | 22 | 4 months | 5/23/2007 |