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 |
| 1 | hypertention | Very painful legs and shoulders, constant ringing and pressure in ears. Thoughts of losing my mind. Weight gain with no increased eating. I felt fine before taking Toprol. My quality of life has gone downhill. | Have been on Toprol XL for 4 years which I thot was for the good of my health. I have never felt worse. This came with a new doctor. After reading messages, I am considering a new drug. | F | 60 | 4 years | 7/12/2006 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | When I first began taking Toprol-XL I experience slight fatigue. But, that went away within a couple of weeks. Now I have no side effects at all. My blood pressure was 155/105; now is is 130/80. I take 25mg twice a day (12 hours apart). I guess we could increase the dose to get the pressure even lower, but rather I am losing weight and exercising more. Since I have a family history of hypertension, even in normal weight relatives, it is likely I will have to remain on the medication. My goal is to get my weight down, and exercise, in order to maintain low dosages. | Prior to taking Toprol-XL, I took Lisinopril. That was a disaster. It lowered my blood pressure alright, but I was so tired I could barely function. | M | 41 | 3 months | 7/9/2006 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Panic/Anxiety Attacks - Some severe. Tingling in feet. Constipation. Electric shock feeling in legs. Muscle pain in legs. Some energy drop. | Doctor started me on 25mg, then 50, then 100. Side effects became very severe with only slight benefit in blood pressure. Reduced back to 25 mg over a couple of months. When I saw this web site (God bless you all!), I TOLD the doctor I was stopping this drug. New drug (Dyazide) much better and side effects almost totally gone. Now it appears BP problems (only slightly elevated) caused by other issues. I really hate this drug and have warned friends against it. | M | 50 | 10 months | 7/9/2006 | 3 | Chronic Migraines | Nightmares, fatigue | I went to my family doc and she RX'd this for me. I have taken Imitrex and Relpax in the past. The Toprol isn't helping me any. Last week I had 4 migraines, still. Getting frusterated! Had an MRI done Monday see a Neurologist Friday! | F | 24 | 8 weeks | 7/6/2006 | 3 | Hypertension | I am the wife and am concerned as my husband simply can't keep an erection anymore. I feel like we will never have a sex life again but I am glad his BP is lower and in the safe range. What can we do? | So far it has worked, after 1 year husband is down to best BP since high school, it had been up inthe dangerous range and now is normal. | M | 49 | 12 months | 7/5/2006 | 5 | Panic, Anxiety | Made me a little sleepy at first. Now it lowers my BP too much. I take 25 mg a day. | It did help my Anxiety. My heart rate slowed down. I have found if I take it at night, my BP drops then and not when I am awake and it works out good. When I was taking it during the day, I would get too dizzy. I have lost almost 50 pounds also, so that is dropping my BP :-). I am going to go off of it soon, since I started Zoloft and it helps my anxiety. | F | 32 | 9 months | 6/30/2006 | 3 | PSVT | Flushed face, feel like fainting, can't catch breath, low grade headache and eyeache, blurred vision. | Having a reaction to all beta blockers. Don't know where to turn for help with PSVT. | M | 51 | 14 days | 6/24/2006 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Sleepiness, Fogged-brain, aches and pains Did not help BP | This medication @50mg. did nothing for my BP. My cardiologist whom I saw for odd chest pain on exertion did a complete radioactvie stress test work-up after seeing some changes in an EKG that could have been brought on by High BP or ischemia. She was VERY aggressive and even suggested I would need an angiogram before I had had anything else done! My stress test was normal so we went with the toprol-xl for my BP issues and crestor(which I did not take after reading about it). After 1 week my BP was still very high (only in the office) and she told me I would need 3 drugs and would feel very bad from the drugs for several months if not more, and I would just have to live with that. I was not willing to do that and went to my GP who thought that I would be fine with the toprol. I am getting off this drug as I write this as I can no longer stand the ongoing tiredness and inability to sleep well. The aches and pains have recently started and I can see no point in taking a drug to help me li | F | 55 | 4 months | 6/20/2006 | 2 | high blood pressure | worse cough than with all of the other HBP medications I've tried. Every time I take a HBP med after 6 days I start coughing, choking, feel that throat closed up when trying to swallow. The only good thing was that my pressure dropped way down. Same thing with Aceon, Lotrel, Norvasc, I sound like im dying from a lung disease. Can't sleep and bad dreams. whatever Im not taking any of these anymore. Will continue with Hydrochorothiazide. It is not as bad as the rest. | F | 62 | 8 days | 6/14/2006 | 2 | high blood pressure | worse cough than with all of the other HBP medications I've tried. Every time I take a HBP med after 6 days I start coughing, choking, feel that throat closed up when trying to swallow. The only good thing was that my pressure dropped way down. Same thing with Aceon, Lotrel, Norvasc, I sound like im dying from a lung disease. Can't sleep and bad dreams. whatever Im not taking any of these anymore. Will continue with Hydrochorothiazide. It is not as bad as the rest. | F | 62 | 8 days | 6/14/2006 | 2 | Hypertension | Tired, decreased sex drive, insomnia and weight gain | I went on Toprol 50 mgs about 2 years ago. Not until recently did I notice all the side effects I have been having. Gained slowly but relentlessly 30 pounds, no sex drive, trouble sleeping, and tired all the time. I've been told it was all due to stress or despression. It is the Toprol. I am working to be taken off of it soon. It just doesn't seem to be the right med for me. I wish I would have known a LOT sooner. | F | 34 | 2 years | 6/6/2006 | 4 | hypertension | doctor started me with 50 mg once a day and I had some fatigue - I think too it may have been related to having a 2 month old baby around. Anyway, she went back to 25mg for 6 weeks, wasnt satisfied with the results so I have been back on 50mg for the past 2 months. My BP had been a bit high 130s/low 90s (ive been on Atacand HCT for 3+ years now), so she added the toprol. My BP is back in line now and 122ish/83ish. | Im not a huge fan of taking a 'cocktail' of drugs and reluctantly went on the toprol. For those of you on tons of drugs that get these 'drastic' side effects dont blame it on the "last one added" to your cocktail. Drugs interact and the wrong combination can send some people right off the edge. Im a smart guy and there is no possible way that these companies have studied every combination of drug interaction out there. I think sometimes doctors guess on a whim what may work for you and when they guess wrong you suffer | M | 31 | 4 months | 6/1/2006 | 4 | Premature Contractions | I haven't had any side effects until recently. see comment ---> | I haven't had any side effects until recently. I have been on this drug for about four months with none whatsoever. Lately I've been seeing shadows walk past me in the corner of my eye and when I look, nobody is there. I also feel I am waking from a coma when I get up in the morning. I have a CPAP machine for sleep apnea, so I know it's not apnea. I'm the most sane person you've ever met and have no history of any mental illness. These hallucinations are not scary or a big deal, it's just a feeling of "Hmm,I thought somebody was there, I guess I'm seeing things." Now I don't know how this drug effects your mind, but it has pretty much eliminated my palpitations. I may get one or two a day as opposed to 30-50 a day. Overall this is a good medicaiton. It doesn't effect my blood pressure at all, nor would I think it would be used for that. It's odd so many on here are saying they take it for their BP. | M | 30 | 120 days | 5/27/2006 | 1 | arrythmias, to reduce risk of SCD | asthma, couldn't breathe, chest pain, serious depression | F | 46 | 7 months | 5/21/2006 | 1 | hypertension | exhausted even with lowest dose | Started on Topral 25 & increased to 50 by nephrologist ..after 1 week called w complaint of exhaustion & alternated 25 & 50 2/06, to family Dr 3 wks ago w same complaint & decreased to 25 daily & added Benicar 20/12.5....after 3 wks lightheaded & home bp 70/40...dc'd Benicarlast Mon...still tired w Toprol 25 & lo BP at home...I b/l it is a god drug if you can handle it..it did lower my pulse....some days I managed at work [I am an RN...busy, hectic, stressful]...I consistently have low or normal BP's at home & go to 170/70 last fam dr visit. also high at nephrologist...I have very aggressive Dr's. Never had BP problem until last yr when I went to Dr fpr Shingles....was cleared by cardiologist 3 yrs ago even had a cardiac cath.... | F | 61 | | 5/20/2006 | 1 | hypertension | exhausted even with lowest dose | Started on Topral 25mg at night & increased to 50 by nephrologist ..after 1 week called w complaint of exhaustion & alternated 25 & 50 2/06, to family Dr 3 wks ago w same complaint & decreased to 25 daily & added Benicar 20/12.5....after 3 wks lightheaded & home bp 70/40...dc'd Benicarlast Mon...still tired w Toprol 25 & lo BP at home...I b/l it is a god drug if you can handle it..it did lower my pulse....some days I managed at work [I am an RN...busy, hectic, stressful]...I consistently have low or normal BP's at home & go to 170/70 last fam dr visit. also high at nephrologist...I have very aggressive Dr's. Never had BP problem until last yr when I went to Dr fpr Shingles....was cleared by cardiologist 3 yrs ago even had a cardiac cath....Not to complicate matters I have Burning Mouth Syndrome & take Klonopin 0.5mg at night that controls the pain...this has a side effect of tiredness that I have gotten used to...so my docs need to figure what I | F | 61 | 4 months | 5/20/2006 | 5 | PVC - High BP | A bit of tiredness/ fatigue which comes in waves. I take it at night which seems to cut down on the amount of fatigue during the day. I am dosed at 25 mg though we may try 50 mg to achieve desired BP reseults. | Here's what I believe. I think people read the side effect profiles as listed on the accompanying prescription literature when picking meds up from the pharmacy. Then, because they have read this laundry list of side effects, they have it in their minds that they are going to experience every single side effect. This drug is NOT a cure all for mental instability folks. It is a CARDIAC medication approved to control blood pressure among other cardiac indications. If you are having mental issues, you should consult a psychologist/ psychiatrist and perhaps try any one of the numerous drugs that are indicated for psychosis. I think it is INSANE that people are going on about such side effects with this drug. I am certain that some folks may not respond well to this drug (or any drug for that matter), but people are so quick to jump on band wagons. IF you are experiencing every blasted side effect in the literature then you are suffering from what is called "placebo effect" | F | 35 | 3 months | 5/16/2006 | 4 | hbp | Fatigue, weight gain | Started taking after having stroke 8 years ago along with a diuretic and ACE inhibitor, bp gets out of control when stressed. I don't like all the meds but feel it is a necessary evil at this point. | F | 61 | 8 years | 5/16/2006 | 1 | HBP | Loss of motivation, tiredness. Fog. | It's so hard to describe what it feels like when you work so hard for your career and supporting your family, and then suddenly you don't seem to care too much anymore about doing anything for them. I was a type-A, very driven and competitve guy, now I could care less about damn near anything. This is no way to live. Sure BP is down, but damn. I had told the doc I didn't really like this and wanted off, he said I would get used to it. Bullsh*t. I'm really glad I got to read about others with similar symptoms. I guess a lot of us need to find another drug, good luck everyone. I'm backing out of this tomorrow. | M | 36 | 3 months | 5/7/2006 | 1 | for sleeping | feet,hand,and leg cramps | don't make me sleeply | F | 56 | 3 weeks | 5/1/2006 |