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 |
| 2 | ;h;ypertension | muscle weakness, tendon weakness, tiredness, groggyness, poor exercise tolerance. Headache poor sleep. | M | 56 | 3 days | 2/18/2007 | 5 | Migraines, chronic tension headache | I began taking Toprol-XL on 1 February 07 to as a preventative for severe chronic daily headache and migraine disorder. The dose is 25mg daily every morning. I am also taking 2mg of Zanaflex nightly. The drugs together work wonderfully and since beginning the drugs, I have not experienced a headache in nearly 2 weeks. I have experienced NO side effects other than slight stomach discomfort/nausea if I do not take the Toprol-XL with food. Other than that, it's a godsend. It's the only thing that has helped with my daily chronic headaches and I feel much better in general. | F | 36 | 14 days | 2/13/2007 | 5 | high blood pressure | weakness,dizzyness,light headed,sweats,cold chills. I also deal with panic and anxiety attacks, tiredness after reading alot of the comments from others really put me to rest of what Im feeling now I know I am not dying. | Over all Tropol is an excellent med and it works for me fine. | F | 35 | 1 years | 2/11/2007 | 1 | atrial fib | started on 100mg once a day but couldn't walk up two steps without being out of breath. Dr. cut me back to 50 mg. a day and my biggest problem is with wheezing, difficulty breathing with any exertion. I like to exercise but am finding it very difficult. A weight gain of 15 lbs. with no change in diet. | I am weaning myself from 50 mg to 25 mg. and will continue until I get off from it. My Dr. is in NY and I am in Fl. for the winter but will discuss it with him when I go back to NY. | F | 69 | 2 years | 2/10/2007 | 4 | PVC's | Only been on it for 6 days. No noticeable side effects so far. Seems to have cured the PVC's. Haven't felt any after about 5 days of medication. | Thanks for this website. Nice to know you're not alone. My symptom of "heart palpitations" began in December 2006 when I had a hard time getting to sleep one night because they became bothersome. Went to my cardiologist and had a series of tests performed. Exercise Stress Test, Holter Monitor, Echocardiogram, Nuclear Stress Test. Echo showed that my heart wall thickness was just above normal. I think he said the high normal number was 1.1, mine was 1.2 - He was concerned about it developing into Hypertrophic Cardiomyopthy. I exercise 30-40 minutes (walking on a treadmill) every night, try to eat right, but am still weighing more than I would like. Am currently working on that. | M | 45 | 6 days | 2/8/2007 | 4 | AFIB | People say I look tired even though I feel fine. Itchy eyes, blepharitis, sometimes liver area hurts, constipation. | Keeps heart rate at around 60 for me. | M | 50 | 5 months | 2/7/2007 | 4 | high blood pressure - migraines | having just had the first 25mg. dose - I feel fine so far - tired, but not sleepy. Went in to Dr. today for blood workup due to high cholesterol - nurse did not like my blood pressue ( 140/100) and made me see doctor. He prescribed the toprol and said it would also help with the headaches. Will note that my headache has subsided since first dose - but that may also be due to bp possibly going down? | Will give this medicine a try. Both sister and mother on high blood pressure medicine - made me leary of taking any - but they are not on toprol - so I hope the side affects will be kept to a minimum. | F | 46 | 1 days | 2/5/2007 | 2 | high blood presure | Swelling in stomach. Tiredness. Nightmares (car crashes) dry mouth, back ache, zest for life diminished. Zombie. | Fixd my blood pressure. Heart rate like a young athelete. Perhaps meditation and prayer would be a better approach. | M | 63 | 7 days | 2/4/2007 | 2 | tachycardia | At first I was so tired that I could not function so the doctor had me cut the pill in half (25mg twice a day) which helped slightly with the tiredness. Feel like I dont know myself anymore and just feel sluggish all the time. Dizziness occurs and have gained prob 10lbs in 3 months of taking it which will not come off. | F | 31 | 3 months | 1/25/2007 | 3 | PVC's | Very disconnected, no ambition, very draggy, tired, lack of energy, anger, memory-loss, not wanting to socialize. | I have taken toprol for about 8 years now. Started at 25 and now am up to 150. Over the last 2 years I have noticed changes in my memory, my socialization, my anger and I thought it was more hormonal. I was nearing 40 2 years ago and thought that maybe that was it. I never thought of Toprol. Then in researching some I found out more info on Toprol and everything that i was feeling was associated to it. It all made sense. When I found this website I felt relieved that I was not going crazy. It made the last year and a half easier to swallow. I am a social person and felt that I have been forcing myself. My anger issues were a huge concern for me because that anger was never how I acted. I'm trying to get myself off of Toprol now and working on a few issues with sleep apnea. Although I take Toprol my PVC's through the last 8 years have gotten progressively worse and they break through even with Toprol. But they may have to do with a sleeping disorder. I'm trying to figure thi | F | 40 | 8 years | 1/22/2007 | 3 | HBP | Initial tiredness onset of depression SLOWLY over about 8 weeks until finally realized it was bad. Moody! Nightmares. Weight Gain- isn't that the opposite of what is supose to happen if you are trying to control BP? | Thought I was going crazy until I asked friends and family and they noticed a slow change in correlation with the medicine. Scarey! Get me off... Ill try calcium channel blockers and diuretics.... | F | 28 | 3 months | 1/22/2007 | 1 | Hypertension. | Dizziness, then syncopal episodes (heart rate went to zero on several occasions). No other cardiac issues prior to this incident. Hospitalized for 1 week and they had to put a pacemaker in to ensure that heart rate would not drop too low. If you or anyone you know has had similar experience please write in or contact me. | Horrible experience with Toprol XL. Would not recommend it to anyone, w/o close monitoring. Coincidence or not? - Symptoms seemed occur while taking the meds from a sample blister pack. Have already contacted drug company to look into possible problem with time release component of medication. | F | 64 | 2 months | 1/13/2007 | 3 | Afib, abnormal heart rythm | tired, zombie like | I have only been taking this medication for 3 days now and im already feeling the side affects..I know I am pretty young to be on this stuff, but thats what the doctor prescribed..I always thought what I had were panic attacks, but then realized after going to the ER a few days ago that I really had boughts of Afib, came into the ER with a resting heart rate of 180. Not fun and really scary...well I do have thoughts of my heart giving out, but im sure thats just usual paranoia. I will stick with the drug for now... | M | 24 | 3 days | 1/11/2007 | 1 | ventricular tachycardia | depression, hair loss, muscle aches, difficulty breathing, mucus in lungs, cold hands and feet, fatigue, irritability, forgetfulness, | M | 52 | 16 months | 1/11/2007 | 3 | Anxiety, Tachycardia | Dizzy, tired, low blood pressure. | I have been taking Toprol for over a year. I went on it for Tachycardia. It helps a lot. I started having really bad dizzy spells though so my doctor has put me on a half of a 25 mg. My blood pressure still runs around 84/40, but my doctor says it will not hurt anything and that I am on the lowest dose. I think that the low blood pressure makes me tired and cold all the time, but I am afraid to go off of it..because I do not want the Tachycardia back. If anyone has any suggestions please e-mail me at [email protected]. | F | 33 | 1 years | 1/8/2007 | 2 | HBP | No effect on BP, nightmares, nausea and vomiting, weakness in extremities, excessive fatigue, increased sleep (12-16 hours/day,) depression, no energy to do daily tasks. | I would try to tolerate the side effects if I could see any improvement in my BP. In fact, my BP has steadily increased while on this med. | F | 58 | 3 months | 1/8/2007 | 1 | High blood pressure | Mental confusion; memory loss; acute depression; paranoia; anxiety; crying; feelings of failure & hopelessness; suicidal thoughts | The same medicine can be a godsend for some people and absolute Hell for others; Toprol XL was the latter for me. My first day on it I experienced mental confusion and decreased intellectual sharpness. I felt like I was in a fog and disconnected from everyone and everything. Despite my reservations, I took it again the second day. In a very short period of time, I couldn't remember how to do my job (which I can otherwise do in my sleep!), developed rampant paranoia, had an anxiety attack that led to uncontrollable crying, and experienced such profound feelings of worthless, hopeless and futility that I thought I didn't deserve to live. I was only on 25mg but neither of the sample boxes the doctor gave me had the warning inserts. When I called her, she said no one had ever complained of anything like I experienced and put it down to an interaction between it and dilantin, the medication I take for epilepsy. | F | 54 | 2 days | 1/8/2007 | 1 | High blood pressure | Depression, short temper, muscle pain, lack of concentration, vision problems, weight gain, metallic taste, sexual dysfunction, very little interest in anything, just did not care. I was on 100 mg of this drug and my BP was good but the side effects started after about a month. I stopped taking it for awhile and started feeling better, then started 50 mg a day and the side effects came back immediately. | This drug seriously effected the quality of my life. I read one lady here that said she thought people that had all these side effects read the drug info and imagined them. She also said she was on 25 mg and the doctor was going to increase the dose. Try 100 mg and see if you still think it's our imagination, Lady!!! | M | 59 | 4 months | 1/8/2007 | 1 | blood presure | Toprol xl acts diffrent on all people- however I Had everyknown side effect listed plus more! being I also had diovan at 40mg and Ranidyne 150mg daily!(for heartburn) this mix of medications caused me meny hardships! and problems! and poor health. I ended up twice in the E.R. thinking I was having a Heart attack! when all it was -was trapped gas bulid up! causing pains beyound what anyone could stand (diovan) You must keep away from coffiee and soda pop! main cause of gas bulid up! it reacts bad with these drugs! also beer will make the side effects stronger ! | switching from Toprol xl to Toprol takes about 2 months of weaning from 200mg to 100mg. I had help from a Doctor. who knew I was on to high a dose of Toprol xl..we also cutt down on diovan and ranidyne about 65% of side effects vanished -however after the first 3 days on regular toprol I started getting some unwanted side effects again! and the diovan side effects never stopped! one thing ranidyne users, this drug is used for short term only! not long term, it can cause meny side effects pains and cramping as well! I have been on this for years! after I cutt back on it.. iv noticed my heartburn isnt as bad anymore?? go figure ? I have to say its best find a Natural medication, and start walking and keep active as you can! I have been taking ResQ products for about 1 year now, and my cholesterol has dropped from being high to a normal level (good and bad) b.p has dropped down by 12 points already! the stuff works wonders ! and its all 100% natural. no side effects!! I cant s | M | 53 | 4 years | 1/8/2007 | 5 | high blood pressure and anxiety | I began taking 25mg of Toprol XL due to high blood pressure and have increased my dose to 50mg a day. Interestingly, it also seems to help with anxiety...in short, I don't experience the intense symptoms of anxiety like I used to...less of a racing heart, sweaty hands and underarms, etc. I don't blush up as easily either...I like the "feeling" of control it gives me...bottom line: I can express more of who I am without worrying about becoming overwhelmed, or having to give energy, to trying to reduce my physical anxiety! It's great so far!!! | My doctor told me he went on 100mg of Toprol XL and it was "life changing" for him in terms of making him feel less anxious, etc. He's been on it for almost ten years! In addition, my cardiologist said it's a great drug for helping alleviate or at least reduce the sypmtoms of anxiety...I agree! | M | 47 | 2 months | 1/3/2007 |