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 | Exhaustion, muscle weakness, difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep - | F | 54 | 2 years | 10/19/2004 | 2 | Hypertension | Severe chest tightness and pain, sleeplessness, to the point of insomnia, woke up all night long. Shortness of breath. A feeling I can't relax or breath deeply. Anxiety? | My BP was 160/90 so my dr. prescribed Toprol-XL 25 mg. at my insistence. I was afraid after my relatively healthy 54 yr. old boss died of a massive coronary last week. No one is sure why, but he had high-blood pressure and had recently changed meds to Altace. These symptoms I'm experiencing aren't worth the cure it seems, and after reading the other side effects that can occur here I'm not taking this medication anymore. Think I'll commit to lowering my BP naturally (diet, exercise, meditation, supplements) and see how it works. Very troublesome side effects if you ask me, especially for something that is supposed to be one of the | F | 41 | 1 days | 10/19/2004 | 4 | AFIB once, off and on PVC's & PAC's | When I first started on 50mg, it took a good week to feeling myself again. Side effects were feeling slow, tiredness, tense feeling in the chest. | at 50mg this medicine worked great after I got use to it, no problem exercising at all, no problem with energy. My doctor just upped me to 100mg and having all those symptoms again, guess I have to wait a week for it to kick in again. The toprol does take away alot of palps, until they broke through and he had to put me on a higher dose of 100mg | F | 32 | 8 months | 10/17/2004 | 2 | Hypertension | Heart palpitations | Toprol brought down my BP but resulted in irratating heart palpitations so I stopped taking it. It worked fine for the first 8 hours each day then followed with palpitations. It was almost like the time release didn't work and I went though a mini-withdrawal every day. Getting off wasn't easy...a couple days of intense palpitations. Been off for a week now and feel great. Unfortunately my BP is back up. Need to get my heart checked out and try something else...maybe ACE inhibitor next. | M | 48 | 6 weeks | 10/11/2004 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | I did not care for this drug two doses were enough for me I went to the ER because I thought it was the other new b/p medicine. I was told this drug is known for side effects. Please use your judgement as in your doctor. This drug is not for me? Felt tired,shaky,in a fog, anxiety. TY | Not for me!!!!!!!!! | F | 47 | 2 days | 10/11/2004 | 1 | hypotension, rapid heart rate | For the past 3 months I have thought I was losing my mind, just this past week I had a MRI to rule out a brain tumor or ms(still waiting on results). I can't put into words how bad I have been feeling. I feel like I have lost control of my mind. Short term memory loss, fatigue, like I am not participating in ife at all anymore. Numb hands, cold hands that turn white and blue. Most recently I have been very depressed and sit around a cry most of the time. I am getting married in 3 weeks and I am not even excited about it. If this is the medication causing this... I want off of it now. How do you get off of this medication? Any comments would be greatly appreciated. | F | 31 | 1 years | 10/10/2004 | 3 | hypertension | Early on, I just felt like I was in a fog. After having been on it for a year, I feel tired all the time, sleep terribly (waking up as tired as when I went down), forgetfulness, irritability, confusion and depression. | It did work at lowering my slightly elevated blood pressure, but I can't handle the side effects anymore. | M | 37 | 1 years | 10/6/2004 | 2 | hypertension | tiredness | doesn't work 150mg !does beer have an effect on this cause i drink atleast 2 times a week 8-10 beers easily | M | 38 | 4 months | 10/6/2004 | 1 | tachacardia | EXTREME fatigue & absolute apathy | Have terminated this medication | M | 50 | 90 days | 10/3/2004 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Gas, loose stools, high anxiety, depression | not a good drug for me | M | 36 | 6 weeks | 9/24/2004 | 4 | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | I take 200 mg with these positive effects: BP down, heartrate down, much less arrhythmia, and rarely hear and feel my heart pounding now. On the negative side: I am much more tired and sleepy and often fall asleep in the middle of words, have gained and have trouble losing weight, have more chest pain but am not sure Toprol is to blame, have muscle cramps and legs fall asleep more often, energy and ability to push to get things done is lower (but I suspect that this last is one of the desired results even though it is not desirable from my perspective) | F | 57 | 1.5 years | 9/23/2004 | 1 | wpw, high blood pressure | Fatigue, insomnia (bad combo - tired and can't sleep) depression, panic attacks, loss of libido | Lowered my BP - but the cure is not worth the side affects. I am getting off the drug now to see if I feel better. | M | 20 | 3 months | 9/23/2004 | 3 | PAC | not many...stomach discomfort | not bad | F | 22 | 3 months | 9/21/2004 | 3 | Hypertension | extreme fatigue, constipation, loss of interest in activities, intolerance to vigorous exercise, muscle weakness with burning during activity, hallucinatory nightmares, feels living in a fog, worsening of depression.(I've now been put on Zoloft) 25# weight gain in first eight months. I now am on a consdtant diet and the weight is very s-l-o-w-l-y coming off. | I am taking 900 mg per day per cardiologist's order, I can now consciously slow my pulse rate down to 44 /45 using simple relaxation techniques -I scared hell out of the hospital nursing staff during a recent stay. I want off this drug -ASAP my Libido is a nil level. I took a stress test last month and couldn't reach 120 for qa pulse rate after 25 mimutes on the tread mill. | M | 63 | 3 years | 9/20/2004 | 3 | Hypertension/Heartdisease | Memory loss,extreme fatigue, loss of creative drive, loss of interest in my favorite extra-curricular activities - fishing and hunting(intolerance to vigorous exercise, muscle weakness with burning during activity) hallucinatory nightmares, feels like I'm living in a fog, worsening of depression.(I've now been put on Zoloft) 25# weight gain in first eight months. I now am on a constant diet and the weight is very s-l-o-w-l-y coming off. | I am taking 300 mg per day, I can now consciously slow my pulse rate down to 44 /45 using simple relaxation techniques -I scared hell out of the hospital nursing staff during a recent stay. I want off this drug -ASAP my Libido is a nil level, I may have to change doctor's to get it to happen. I took a stress test last month and couldn't reach 120 for qa pulse rate after 25 mimutes on the tread mill. This drug is a producer of more trouble than it's worth. | M | 63 | 3 years | 9/20/2004 | 2 | HBP | Fatigue, lethargy, depression, weight gain, erectile dysfunction. | Started this after my HBP diagnosis almost two years ago at 50 mg/day. I was very responsive to this and HCTZ (diuretic) and my BP fell right into line where it should be. But after 9 months I was really depressed and gained 30 pounds! So I went to 25mg./day (halving the tabs). This was just as effective BP-wise and after about three weeks I felt 100% better, like a fog and weight had been lifted off of me. Then I got the diabetes diagnosis, which in a way is a blessing because I'm off beta-blockers and much more active and happy. Went to an ACE inhibitor, which had, it's own set of problems (Mavik). | M | 44 | 2 years | 9/20/2004 | 2 | ventricular tachycardia, pvc's | 15 pound weigh gain over 3 years, severe depression, anxiety loss of interest and low energy, feelings of hopelessness | At first it worked great to smooth out the pvc's. I feel that for some people this can be a very effective med. However, over time I felt that it greatly increased my levels of depression and anxiety. Also, no matter what I ate I continued to gain weight.After seeing an electrophysiologist last month he recommended that I stop the Toprol. He diagnosed me with idiopathic ventricular tachycardia. My chiropractor told me before I started Toprol that he felt I was producing to much adrenaline and guess what? That is exactly what the electrophysiologist thought as well. He felt that my particular condition was not life threatening and that I only needed the meds if my symptoms became bothersome. I feel that other issues need to be addressed in patients that have this kind of condition besides just what is happening with the heart itself. I feel that mine is related to the way I react to stress. I would recommend to anyone that is on this medication that they pay attention to changes that they experience MENTALLY as well as physically. I found out, after I started taking it, that Toprol can increase your chances of experiencing depression. It is also a good idea to make someone close to you aware of this because I did not realize how dramatic this was when it was happening to me. I would recommend that you wean yourself off of this and not stop abruptly which is what I am in the process of doing. Also, don't stop taking meds without advice from a cardiologist as some of these arrythmias are life threatening even though mine turned out not to be. I was taking 50mg and am down to 12.5. Like I said, this did work in the beginning and not everyone has the same reaction to medication. It's important to do your own research and pay attention to what your body is telling you! Good Luck! | F | 36 | 3 years | 9/20/2004 | 3 | recurrent SVT | at first not many side effects noticed. i have a very active life style that leads me all over the place everyday. at first. i started noticing that my moods were not in the same pattern i had been used to. i figured pms, due to the fact that i had been on the drug for a few months already. then i started experiencing slight depression with clouded thinking. i used to space out and enjoy staring at the wall. then i experienced sleepless nights, i wak up about 6 times. frequent urination. loss in labido, now im getting leg cramps. i have a doctors appt this week, im going to talk to him about all of these symptoms. very discouraged because it seemed to have worked. | i also get dizzy spells, loss of concetration, muscle weekness, extreme fatigue to where i thought i needed some kind of anxiety meds or depression meds. memory loss. forgetfulness seriously, i think im losing my mind. | F | 32 | 11 months | 9/19/2004 | 4 | Had a heart attack | I experienced loss of libido, tiredness, some memory loss and difficulty achieving and maintaining an erection. | I take 25 mg a day. | M | 56 | 3 years | 9/17/2004 | 2 | MILD hypertension | Mostly just very tired all the time | I found this website as the result of a Google search using fatigue + Toprol. I find lots of users here reporting fatigue. My BP has historically been normal, and just now (at age 60) increased to 130/90. Toprol brought it down to 120/77, but I'm wondering if it's worth it. My lifestyle has changed from active to sedentary. I was blaming it on age, but am wondering if it's the medication. I've also gained weight. I'm thinking that it might be better to try to control the hypertension another way... | M | 60 | 1 years | 9/14/2004 |