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 |
| 5 | Heart Disease, & Palpatations, HBP | ED for 1 month and now I am fine. I am a big guy, and I am taking 200 mg | For me, its great. My BP is now 118/75 | M | 48 | 2 years | 5/21/2007 | 1 | dr.pushed it on me | 4 YEARS ON THIS DRUG! 4 YEARS! I WAS LIED TO ABOUT THIS DRUG, AND PUSHED ONTO IT BY A DOCTOR IN A HMO GROUP/ AFTER GOING THREW YEARS OF SIDE EFFECTS AND PAINS - I FOUND THERE IS OVER 35 KNOWN SIDE EFFECTS FROM THIS DRUG ALONE. THE DRUG NEVER WORKED GOOD IN LOWERING B.P DOWN/ NO MATTER WHAT DOSE I WAS ON, IT DID MORE HARM THAN GOOD FOR ME ! | I WOULD NOT RECOMEND THIS DRUG FOR ANYONE TO TAKE,ITS NASTY AND HAS SO MENY SIDE EFFECTS TO IT.. THIS DRUG MUST HAVE BEEN PUSHED THREW THE FDA TESTING GROUNDS OVERNIGHT! WHY ANY GOOD DOCTOR WOULD PUSH THIS DRUG IS BEYOUND ME! OUTHER THAN BEING PAID TO PUSH IT ON THE PUBLIC ? I WOULDNT RECOMEND THIS DRUG TO ANYONE ! | M | 58 | 4 years | 5/20/2007 | 4 | Enlarged heart | So far, just a stuffy nose, but that COULD be because of my head cold. | Before Beta blockers I had SEVERE chest pain, skipped beats, extra beats, palpatations, heart fluttering, severe headaches, the feeling of an elephant sitting on my chest, short of breath, and sharp pains in my chest. I was on Propranolol for Mitral Valve Prolapse, but then I went out of town and found out I didnt have that...but I had an enlargerd heart. I was put on a cocktail of Toprol and Lisinopril. On the Propranolol, I had a severe headache constantly. On the Toprol, I have not experienced any side effects big enough to worry about. Knock on wood. | F | 24 | 3 days | 5/18/2007 | 1 | high blood pressure/high heart rate | tingling(face,arms,feet,legs), nausea,fatigue,tremors,anxiety, joint pain and leg cramps, chest pain,a weird cough, a 'weird' feeling like i was being drained, vision problems...etc. i felt funny the first day i started taking this "medication". My doctor finally said i can stop taking it, so i'm gonna start weening off of it this week. though it did get my blood pressure down, i would NEVER take this medication again... | My doctor still insists the toprol didnt give me those side effects...& i know not everyone feels side effects, my mom takes this medication daily and has no side effects. But, if you do, i encourage you to tell your Dr, Repeatedly if necessary. | F | 27 | 2 months | 5/16/2007 | 4 | High Blood Pressure | Tireness and a desire to nap more, but very minimal. Was on Ace Inhibitor before, but the coughing from it was a big problem, so my internist switched me to 25g of Toprol XL 50 after a week cold turkey where BP went from 125 to 145.BP dropped within a week to under 120. Pulse dropped from resting 55 to 45 | Have not seen any problems within first month but am watching the pulse. I work out 5 times a week and have not noticed any fatigue or ability to perform. | M | 56 | 30 days | 5/15/2007 | 4 | rapid heart rate -hbp - update | listless, and a touch of neuropathy | updateed from Feb. post; prescribed 25mg and taking 4 mos, am spliting the tab to make it 12.5.After 1 week ,body seems to be adjusting.Dropped cholestr. 239 to 194, weight lost 14 lbs, may have helped the transition.Will continue this until possibly go off it entirely.They say this drug is not adicting;well, not in the sense it makes you high ,but the body does demand it.As I said in my last post, this is a heart drug, and very serious business.Try to eliminate the cause(in my case high cholest)and wean yourself off it.This has been around(toprol)for quite awhile but i suspect a long term application of it could cause problems.If you are taking it for hbp, try and get the numbers down and get off of the drug.BUT DO IT WITH A GRADUAL SYSTEMATIC PLAN.Good luck. | M | 62 | 5 months | 5/10/2007 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | These side effects are horrible-wish I was told more about them before I started taking it. Stomach Pains, panic attacks that happen out of now-where, tiredness, ears ringing, vision disturbances, shortness of breath, chest pains, numbness & tingling in hands and face, back aches, excessive gas & bloating. | I went to see my doctor for high blood pressure and signs of being consistently light-headed. I have been on it for a month and a half taking 50mg every night before I go to bed. I have to eat something with it so my stomach won't hurt more. This drug has made me feel sick I can't do a lot, cause the panic attacks are random. I am hoping to get switched to something else but when I call a doctor about it they say oh your just working your self into a panic attack and it has nothing to do with the drug. I really don't think they care this drug has done so much damage to me. I feel sick all the time and I would never advise anyone to take this drug. I cannot function in my daily life or lead a normal life on this drug, and feel so horrible alot of the time that I feel like I should of been warned about these side effects. To anyone going through this, please tell your doctor how this drug is ruining your life- they need to know - these are very bad side effects knowone should ever deal w | F | 28 | 1 months | 5/6/2007 | 1 | for bad prednisone side effects | Out of body, extremely dizzy to near passing out; exhaustion, fatigue, muscle weakness to point that it is difficult to just sit up or talk. Difficulty breathing (like eating with a stuffed nose from a cold). Could not catch my breath at all. Chest pressure. Wanting to cough due to heart palpatations and not being able to catch my breath. Nausea and absolutely no appetite. Difficult reading. | Wouldn't take this again. | F | 37 | 6 days | 5/4/2007 | 5 | dilated cardiomyopathy | at first really weird dreams, but then that went away. | i have to say i havent gone to the doctor yet to see if i improved at all but i feel great, i have energy , im losing weight, i feel really good.. | F | 32 | 6 weeks | 5/2/2007 | 2 | Rapid Heart Beat | WIEGHT GAIN! I've been sleeping for the past year. I thought it was yet another side of my depression but since I've started tapering off I'm more lucid and alert. I've been tapering off for about three weeks now...on my own. This medicine seems to have helped my bloodpressure which was only in the /80s anyway but I couldn't breath well, I couldnt function and I thought I was just getting old. | Just my opinion, but now that I'm almost off this stuff...I wouldn't ever touch it again. | F | 39 | 1 years | 5/1/2007 | 3 | hypertnsion | I didn't notice anything. I have, however, stopped taking Toprol because my doctor doesn't believe it has lowered my bp quite low enough.157/103 down to 137/87. | I think quite many of you might be hypercondiacs. But I will watch to see if anything results from stopping usage. | M | 40 | 60 days | 4/27/2007 | 3 | hypertnsion | I didn't notice anything. I have, however, stopped taking Toprol because my doctor doesn't believe it has lowered my bp quite low enough.157/103 down to 137/87. Started at 25 mg and gradually increased until 100 mg. | I think quite many of you might be hypercondiacs. But I will watch to see if anything results from stopping usage. | M | 40 | 60 days | 4/27/2007 | 2 | rapid heart rate, dysautonomia | I have been taking 1 year, not 1 day!!!! | 1 years | 4/27/2007 | 2 | rapid heart rate, dysautonomia | dizziness, nausea, constipation, visual problems, increased panic and anxiety, out of body feeling, feelings of not being able to control movements of arms, hands, and legs, difficulty making complete sentences, difficulty typing this information. | I have had an extreme fear that something terrible is wrong with me (brain tumor, ms, parkinsons) After finding this site, I feel better. I started decreasing my dosage 2 weeeks ago from 25 mg to 12.5. I have an appointment with dr. in 10 days. I wish I knew if I could stop taking it now altogether or if I should cut the 12.5 in half. If anyone has suggestions, please email. | F | 41 | 1 days | 4/27/2007 | 2 | Mild Hypertension | Lethargy, irritability and uncontrollable weight gain. I've never been overweight in my life, and this med caused me to gain 12 pounds in three months. I have had to nap for about an hour every day to get over the fatigue I have felt while on this drug. It did reduce my BP, but at too much of a cost. | I am currently tapering off Toprol XL, and moving onto a CCB. I do NOT encourage anyone to use this med. I wish I were better informed of its side effects when it was prescribed. | F | 47 | 3 months | 4/23/2007 | 1 | hypertension | Dizziness, feeling faint, feeling like I'm loosing it completely, cold hands and feet, tingling in the hands, aniexty, panic attacks, sweating, weakenss, shakiness, my head is buzzy, ringing in the ears, feeling bad all day. | I absolutely feel horrible, feel like I am going crazy because no one believes Iam having these symptoms. They keep telling me I have aniexty disorder. Guess I do now after taking this medication. I stopped taking it abrubtly how long does these symptoms last? Off of it for 5 days. | F | 45 | 1.5 months | 4/23/2007 | 1 | Benign Essential Tremor | Beta Blockers are often used to treat Essential Tremor. It was the 1st med i tried, now am off to a neurologist for alternative treatment. Side effects on 50 mg per day of Toprol XL were: Severe gruesomely violent nightmares for 5 days straight ( i never have nightmares, never mind this sort), dizziness, confusion, autistic like symptoms in that i found myself rocking a few times when i was alone, upset stomach to extremes. Basically it screwed up my wiring as i put it to the doc. Depression was another one. Due to severe drop in heart rate , which i was unaware of until my follow up visit, i could not exert myself physically without feeling dizzy or even faint. Was only on the med 2 weeks. Doc put me on 25 mg for one week and now i am stopped altogether. I still have MILD depressive episodes for no reason at all until i recall (oh yes, its the med). Been only a couple days since discontinueing, feel MUCH better but some effects persist though on a milder level. Until seeing a neurolo | F | 42 | 3 days | 4/22/2007 | 2 | hypertension-atrial fibrilla | slows one down | I recently got peyronie's - guys look it up. It is listed as a side effect of toprol even though MD didn't believe this until I showed it to him in a PDR. Tried to change to verapramil but with cholesterol meds liver enzymes messed up so back on toprol 100 mg. I also have to take 40 mg of lisinopril and 12.5 of hydrochlorate - messed up bp. I'm in good shape and not overweight. I exercise 3 x a week. When I start exercising it is hard but after 10 minutes I'm ok. Last yr. I hiked Mt Washington- a real feat for me. I am going to have ablation for afib- if anyone has had this let me know. Look up peyronie's!! Thanks | F | 60 | 12 years | 4/20/2007 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Blurry vision at times, major fatigue (don't have the energy I did before taking this), forgetfulness, headaches/dizziness and sadly weight gain. 100 MG | Check with your doctor if you experience similar side effects and have him give you something else as you shouldn't feel this way. Also, it doesn't seem to be that effective in lowering my blood pressure. Also took with Benicar but have stopped taking Toprol-XL today per my doctor. | M | 42 | 8 months | 4/19/2007 | 2 | Pre-Hypertensive | Fatigue, neck and shoulder tension, light sensitivity, hot flashes, "hot spots" on my face, neck and arms that turn red and itch, depression, lack of motivation, lack of interest in my favorite activities, increase in sinus symptoms associated with allergies, plugged up ears that crackle and pop, headaches, serious weight gain, thinning hair. | I went to the ER after having a bad reaction to Astelin nasal spray. The ER doctor put me on Toprol because my blood pressure was high, 50 mgs. Suffered extreme fatigue and could not function. Went to my PCP who wanted me to wean off of the medication. I tried to wean off and my blood pressure skyrocketed. Finally got down to 25 mgs/day. Still suffering fatigue. He switched me to the Toprol XL stating that I shouldn't get as fatigued. Wrong!!!! I don't know if my fatigue is all caused by this medication as I suffer from allergies and a stubborn neck strain that refuses to go away. Springtime is a misery. I cannot take decongestants or antihistamines because I had a really bad reaction to them so I try to survive on Saline nasal spray. If I had a choice, I would go off this medication. | F | 40 | 11 months | 4/18/2007 |