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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TOPROL XL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Cardiomyopathy | Extreme tiredness: having to have two to three "sleeps" a day, and this lasted for about 8 months, but has now disappeared. | My energy levels have improved - can now walk dog up a steep hill I could not tackle before - and results of gated test have improved from 31 to 40. Cardiologist has this week increased dosage from the 25mg (23.75mg in Australia) to 50, so expect I'll be having to rest again. Took Carvediol (Dilatrend) several years ago but reactions including psoriasis meant doc took me off it. | F | 64 | 12 months | 11/5/2006 | 4 | Autonomic dysfunction w/some POTS | My chest feels somewhat tighter than I'd like, and I have some shortness of breath during even mild physical activity even when I am in physically fit (not as fit as when I raced bicycles, but still pretty fit). I also seem to have some slight sluggishness of thought but I can't tell if that is from Toprol; I mention this because when I took atenelol, another beta blocker, I noticed this same kind of sluggishness, except that with atenelol it was much worse. With Toprol the sluggishness is present but barely noticeable. Also atenelol seemed to depress me some, whereas Toprol depresses me less or not at all. | This drug is not perfect, but it seems to be much better for me than atenelol, and has helped me a lot. My autonomic dysfunction symptoms, especially dizziness, are more or less under control as long as I behave with respect to getting good sleep, eating well, getting regular exercise, not being under too much stress, etc. | M | 43 | 2.5 years | 11/5/2006 | 2 | irreg.pulse | low BP | M | 84 | 2 months | 11/5/2006 | 2 | h.b.p. | Hairloss thinning Hair-nose running-dry mouth-rash-bloating-rapid waight gain-trapped gas-burping-farting-back aches and pains-leg pains-headaches-cramping everywhere-pannic attacks-nightmares, no sleep-short term memory loss- cloudy headed feeling- always tired- cant excell on this drug!- no power feeling ! get up go, got up and went! right ear ringing loud.. thoat closeing when eatting at times! heartburn problems. | I had very high b.p doc put me on 200mg toprol xl been on it for near 2yrs/ this is side effect city with me! after near 2yrs on this drug- im looking like a American Bald Eagle with a beer belly growing! I was never like this!!! untill I was put on this meditcation. im trapped in a Hmo system for care, not one doctor will take me off this drug! they all say oh it works well.. baldness is in style! the problem is with this dog gone stupid drug you have to weened off it slowly. and there are dangers in doing it! I didnt know this untill a few days ago.. I asked to be slowly weened off and put on another brand of med. the doctor refused me! so now I have a new Hmo doctor 5th one in 2 years of fighting! think its time to get out of the Hmo systems and try a normal doctor. ( wonder if there are any out there that care and can help )??????? | M | 53 | 2 years | 11/3/2006 | 2 | Neurocardiogenic Syncope (NCS) | I started with 50 mg 2 weeks before having a tilt table test (TTT). Then it was increased to 100 mg after a positive TTT. I didn’t experience many side effects while on the 50 mg dose, other than sleepiness. After starting the 100 mg dose I've been experiencing brain fog/confusion, lack of concentration, lack of energy/motivation, increased sleep, difficulty recalling words, overall memory problems, lack of interest in anything, lack of caring about life in general, restless leg syndrome in the evening, dizziness/lightheadedness, vivid/odd dreams, constipation 2 days/diarrhea 1 day - repeat, constant urination - I can't imagine how I'm staying hydrated. And the best part, ALL OF THE NEUROCARDIOGENIC SYNCOPE SYMPTOMS ARE STILL THERE!!, except for the syncope (fainting). | If the disease doesn’t kill me, then the medication surely will. My next appointment with Dr. Evil is in 3 weeks. My plan is to stop this medication at that time. I just hope there is another treatment out there. If there is someone else that has been recently diagnosed or is suffering with Neurocardiogenic Syncope (NCS), I like to direct your attention to a new website that provides diagnostic and treatment info on Dysautonomia and its associated syndromes (POTS, NCS, PAF, & MSA), as well as a place to tell your story and connect with others affected with NCS. The address is: www.potsplace.com. Many thanks to those who maintain THIS website. | M | 50 | 45 days | 10/29/2006 | 1 | Mild HBP | Nausea (motion sickness), lightheadedness, weight gain, depression, anxiety. | Dosage was 25 mg/day at bedtime (to minimize effects of lethargy). GP was aware of ongoing treatment for depression (Zoloft) and focused on that symptom. Had one episode of lightheadedness approx. 2 weeks after starting treatment with Toprol. Severe car-sickness in stop-start traffic after three weeks. Dizziness episodes increased in frequency after about a month, including one bout of car-sickness while driving. Weight gain from start of treatment to one-month point was 12-14 lbs. This past weekend I had problems with generalized anxiety, followed by a strong depressive episode Monday AM. I had another dizziness attack right after lunch today (Tuesday) while working on the computer. After finding this page among others I called my GP and advised I was stopping the Toprol. He suggested benicar. I'm going to check further before saying yes. | M | 46 | 1.5 months | 10/24/2006 | 2 | Post heart attack | Reduced libido and erection problems, even at the lowest dose of 12.5 mg per day. May also have contributed to insomnia. | May be good for lowering blood pressure, mine was never high to begin with, but I certainly did not like the side affects. | M | 49 | 3.5 years | 10/23/2006 | 2 | high b.p. | confusion!No sleep!nightmares,vivid dreams! sexual side effects body aches and pains! joint pains! headaches bad ones!right ear ringing(tentitus)sore throat,dry mouth, hairloss and thinning of hair, dry cough! upper shoulder pains that go into spazums waight gain over 8pounds in 2months ! bloating expanded belly with aches and trapped gas! burping all the time! heartburn bad bad bad bad !!! | Toprol xl slowly works in lowering b.p down, but will all the known and unknown side effects! I wondering if its worth takeing anymore! I have been twice to the emergancy room ICU for chest pains, both times Nothing wrong ! normal ekg and blood work! xrays normal.. its the meds said the emergancy doctor they can cause the problems and fake a heart attack symptoms! told my doctor about it twice now.. he didnt care ! laughed and said its normal! I fired him , on the spot ! got a new doctor he seems ok, but wants me on this medication still.. OH me OH My.. I hate this stuff.. | F | 51 | 2 years | 10/21/2006 | 3 | borderline hypertension | Anxiety and the "jitters" if I'm late in taking a dose - even by a few hours. To counter the withdrawl effects, I take 1/2 dose twice a day, which give me more latitude to vary the doseage time. Short term memory loss. Mild fatigue. The most disturbing side effect is auditory hallucinations while trying to go to sleep at night. The hallucinations have a "non-reality" kind of aspect to them, i.e., they don't seem real and are obviously hallucinations, but they occur while I am still wide awake. | I don't care what the manufacturer says: my experience is that toprol-xl wears off in less than 24 hours, so I've had to resort to taking it twice per day. I weigh 190 lbs. (90 kg) and am taking 200 mg per day. | M | 52 | 4 years | 10/20/2006 | 3 | high blood presure | dizzyness-light headed,pass out feeling-stoned feeling,nightmares no sleep!no get up and go! feel weak and sore all over, cold hands and feet at times, headaches,tired all the time!effects vision with light and darkness at times,somewhat blurr vision after takeing it for a few hours, bloating waight gain by 8pounds in a span of 3 weeks! hair loss and thinning hair. dry mouth.. itching skin and rash sometimes! general blahh blahh feeling from this stinky pill. it works ok on b.p. but why so much side effects! doc mixed it with diovan and wow !! I about went threw the roof ! though b.p was down to normal levels. ??? why??? | this is another med that should be recalled and retested for at least 5years more ! and doctors should be forced to test the meds before they hand them out ! for side effects and to see if the person is allergic to them.. and how they react on the drugs its a pipe dream that may never happen ! | M | 53 | 2 years | 10/17/2006 | 3 | irregular heartbeat, arm/chest pain | At first, my headaches were gone, but they've returned. The pain in my arms and the extra thump and tightness in my chest went away for awhile, too. I then went from 25mg. twice a day to 50mg twice a day when the symptoms returned 4 months later. I'm often tired & out of breath just doing the simplest things like walking from the car, pushing a grocery cart, or carrying anything over 10lbs. My blood pressure still hits 140/67, then goes back to 120 with no pattern or predictability. I wonder if this would continue even with increased doses of the medication, as it seems to have so far. Some days it seems I am just going through the motions of the day to get them over with. I've lost about 30 unwanted pounds since I began Toprol, but didn't realize it could be a side effect. I'm not very physically active. I'm often behind on teacher paperwork, because I'm tired and feel as though I just don't care. Again, I didn't realize it could be the medicine making me more tired than | I would have thought the Toprol XL was helping, but the symptoms that led me to it seem to keep coming back. The hair loss really got my attention, though. | F | 52 | 7 months | 10/15/2006 | 3 | irregular heartbeat, arm/chest pain | At first, my headaches were gone, but they've returned. The pain in my arms and the extra thump and tightness in my chest went away for awhile, too. I then went from 25mg. twice a day to 50mg twice a day when the symptoms returned 4 months later. I'm often tired & out of breath just doing the simplest things like walking from the car, pushing a grocery cart, or carrying anything over 10lbs. My blood pressure still hits 140/67, then goes back to 120 with no pattern or predictability. I wonder if this would continue even with increased doses of the medication, as it seems to have so far. Some days it seems I am just going through the motions of the day to get them over with. I've lost about 30 unwanted pounds since I began Toprol, but didn't realize it could be a side effect. I'm not very physically active. I'm often behind on paperwork, because I'm tired and unmotivated. Sometimes tired driving, too. Unhappily losing hair daily after washing and combing out. | I would have thought the Toprol XL was helping, but the symptoms that led me to it seem to keep coming back. The hair loss really got my attention, though. | F | 52 | 7 months | 10/15/2006 | 3 | irregular heartbeat, arm/chest pain | Fewer headaches at first, but they've returned. The pain in my arms and the extra thump and tightness in my chest were less frequent for about 4 months. Then they returned and I went from 25mg. 2 x day to 50mg 2 x day. I'm often tired & out of breath just just walking from the car, pushing a grocery cart, or carrying more than 10lbs. My blood pressure still hits 140/76, then goes back to 120 with no pattern or predictability. I often drag through the day doing just what I have to. I've lost 30 unwanted pounds since I began Toprol, but didn't know it could be a side effect. I'm not very physically active, often even too tired/unmotivated to manage paperwork. Sometimes tired driving, too. Horrified that I'm losing about a lock of hair daily after washing & combing out, & considering Rogaine for Women! | I would have thought the Toprol XL was helping, but the symptoms that led me to it seem to keep coming back. The hair loss really got my attention, though. | F | 52 | 7 months | 10/15/2006 | 1 | chest pain going for cath test | Confusion, fatigued all day, would fall asleep at work, Felt like I had a hang over all day. Cold feet and hands., Didn't feel like doing anything. Limbido, Mood swings would get mad esay. | I never had hight blood pressure, Doctor was slowing my heart down so it wouldn't work as heard so it wouldn't need as much o2. Till they do the cath to open things up. This toprol started with problems the first day sleep almost all day the first two days. I stopped taking it after the fifth pill. Doctor wanted to try half the pill or a differant med but nope not going near that stuff again. Not sure if plavix will do the same if I get a stent put in.Have read up on plavix also and sounds like the same goes on with that stuff. | M | 44 | 5 days | 10/12/2006 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | No negative side effects while on the right dosage. I started out taking 50 mg, but have eventually cut that down to 25 (half tab mornings & evenings) because my BP was too low & I was having dizzy spells and very low BP. | I love this medicine! My heartbeat is so regular now, plus my BP is always in the 110/70 range. Anxiety doesn't seem to effect my heartbeat anymore, and I feel great! | F | 53 | 2 years | 10/10/2006 | 4 | high blood pressure | Side effects include elevation in blood glucose, induced diabetes. Did control blood pressure, irregular heart beat. Makes you tired until you get use to it (about 3 weeks). Cheap | try not to use this one if you are less than 45 or so because once you are taking it you are hooked for life. However, I did NOT have liver function problems, headaches, or swelling of extremities common with other drugs. | F | 48 | 5 years | 10/7/2006 | 1 | hypertension+ 50yr chronic Afib | On 100 mg Toprol/d I became a zombie. Could not wake up. Lost lots of time. Lost weight. Hypertension not resolved, so two other hypertension drugs added. Still the hypertension stayed. (I think this may be due to my great inactivity imposed by Toprol because of my inability to keep awake, hence inability to exercise and lead a normal life. Doctor would not consider even talking about the horrible side effects. I made a separate appt, but not till after I took matters into my own hands- - - AFTER I took myself off Toprol and made a therapeutic equivalent exchange with another beta blocker atenolol that does not cause the zombyism. Gradually, I lowered the atenolol to 25 mg. I kept the two other hypertension drugs, but gradually lowered the dose 50%. By being able to maintain waking conciousness and getting much needed exercise which I really enjoy, and my lowering beta blocker equivalent 75% and the other two bp drugs 50%, I maintain a normal blood pressure- - - one that do | Toprol is truly the medicine from h*ll. I have few side effects from drugs others complain about, or from some powerful immunosuppresants. It is unfortunate that some doctors are too arrogant to listen to their patients. This doc was totally inflexible. The other two bp drugs added were trandolapril (an Ace inhibitor) and an old favorite, verapamil. Since I had no other alternative doctor in this greater geographical area (that took Medicare), I was forced to rely upon my own wits to get out of this health mess. The objectively and professionally measured results at pulmonary rehabilitation were proof of the pudding. | F | 72 | 3 months | 10/6/2006 | 1 | to help strengthen my heart | at first i just felt sorta sleepy and tired all the time, i have 2 aortic and mitral valve replaced (metal) then i started feeling jittery, i gained weight and my heart condition seemed to get worse (i also have a pacemaker) and i thought it was because i didnt excercise enough. The doctors were puzzled yet they kept increasing my dose of toprol, things kept getting worse, they begun to suggest i get a heart transplant, they went over these things with me, i began to retain water, things that never happened to me before. I was sleepy all day, i stopped paying attention to world events, became narrowly focused on little things, attitude was withdrawn. then i stopped taking it on my own without telling my doctor, he kept upping the dose and didnt even seem to notice i stopped. my stats got better but damage had been done to my tricuspid valve, they wanted to do a transplant, they salivated over the prospect, i dropped them and moved on to different hospital, this hospital changed my pace | I believe that Toprol-XL is a drug that makes your heart worse, so that you will need to have a heart transplant. That may seem a bit harsh but it is my opinion. No matter how good or bad my condition the doctors push to raise the dose, even after complaints of dizzyness and fatigue and symptoms of CHF that i never had before. If you take Toprol and it helps you, fine, if you start taking it, write down your EF, what your pulse rate is normally and blood pressure, walk for 6 minutes and measure distance. If any of those things get worse, tell your doctor you want off of this pill, be straight with him, and if he pushes you just stop taking it and watch his reaction when you get better, he will try to push it up to a target of 200mg and once you have been there he will act piculiar when you dont feel worse. This pill is a scam I would like to know how many people have taken Toprol and within 2 years needed a heart transplant? | F | 28 | 6 months | 10/5/2006 | 1 | hypertension+ 50yr chronic Afib | On 100 mg Toprol/d I became a zombie. Could not wake up. Lost lots of time. Lost weight. Hypertension not resolved, so two other hypertension drugs added. Still the hypertension stayed. (I think this may be due to my great inactivity imposed by Toprol because of my inability to keep awake, hence inability to exercise and lead a normal life. Doctor would not consider even talking about the horrible side effects. I made a separate appt, but not till after I took matters into my own hands- - - AFTER I took myself off Toprol and made a therapeutic equivalent exchange with another beta blocker atenolol that does not cause the zombyism. Gradually, I lowered the atenolol to 25 mg. I kept the two other hypertension drugs, but gradually lowered the dose 50%. By being able to maintain waking conciousness and getting much needed exercise which I really enjoy, and my lowering beta blocker equivalent 75% and the other two bp drugs 50%, I maintain a normal blood pressure- - - one that do | Toprol is truly the medicine from h*ll. I have few side effects from drugs others complain about, or from some powerful immunosuppresants. It is unfortunate that some doctors are too arrogant to listen to their patients. This doc was totally inflexible. The other two bp drugs added were trandolapril (an Ace inhibitor) and an old favorite, verapamil. Since I had no other alternative doctor in this greater geographical area (that took Medicare), I was forced to rely upon my own wits to get out of this health mess. The objectively and professionally measured results at pulmonary rehabilitation were proof of the pudding. | F | 72 | 3 months | 10/5/2006 | 4 | supraventricular tachycardia | weight gain | 50mg x2 daily. Really helped me with the svt and associated panic attacks. Hate the weight gain (10-15 lbs.) and tried to stop meds., but symptoms returned after about a month. Losing the weight was just not worth dealing with the original symptoms again. | F | 51 | 4.5 years | 10/3/2006 |