BYSTOLIC Reviews (NEBIVOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.2 (462 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare BYSTOLIC with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR BYSTOLIC | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Heart/Blood Pressure | I am 39 years old and have no energy, I am starting to feel weird and my Dr. does not want me to stop taking this medication, what should I do? | M | 39 | 1 months 20 MG 1X day | 8/13/2010 | 2 | blood pressure | Worked great to lower BP but the side effects were awful. During the day i was fine. In the evening I felt like I was plugged into an electrical socket, very nervous, creepy crawling feelings. The side effects got worse each day. | M | 55 | 7 days 2.5 1X day | 8/10/2010 | 2 | heart palp up to 170 when resting | I cant sleep at all, Im 22 years old and was told by my doctor to take 5 mg of bystolic, but i am only getting 2 hours of sleep at night. I feel out of it, no energy. hard to breathe but did seem to help my heart rate go down. calling my dr in the morning to let her know, and hopefully can stop taking these meds so i can finally sleep again!! : ( | F | 22 | 2 weeks 5 mg 1X day | 8/9/2010 | 1 | Irregular heartbeats | I had been on Toprol for years and had possible connections to hair loss. Dr. Changed me to Bystolic....hair loss became horrific...I switched back to Toprol and loss is back to before, more than I care to have but nothing like with the Bystolic. | F | 70 | 4 weeks 5mg 1X day | 8/8/2010 | 2 | BP and Muscle Bridge | Swollen ankles, lightheadedness, violent nightmares, spikes in BP, fatigue, muscle pain. | I was taking 100 mg of Toprol XL for HBP and to "relax" the arteries in my heart. I have a muscle bridge at the LAD. My doctor switched me to 10 mg of Bystolic and at first I thought it was a Godsend. Then, I'd wake up at night with the sweats, high pulse rate and elevated BP. Cardiologist upped meds to 20 mg. Had a severe hypertensive event in the middle of the night. BP was through the roof. Chest pains. Profuse sweating. Shaking all over. Upped meds to 30 mg. Early December 2009, I was drinking a glass of cold vegetable juice and felt my heart flutter. Put my hand to chest, and my heart was going nuts. Went to emergency and was treated for Atrial Fibrillation. Upped Bystolic to 40 mg (maximum dose). Added second med to control A-Fib: 200 mg of Amiodarone. A few weeks ago, I awoke in the middle of the night with another HBP event, but this time I felt chest pain and pressure across my ribcage. Cardiologist did stress test, echo cardiogram, nuclear heart scan and angiogram. Everything normal. I workout at the gym 7 days a week. I am a vegetarian. And I really watch the sodium. Yet my BP is still unstable, and I feel like absolute crap. My cardiologist now wants to blame my BP attacks on stress and anxiety. I've had it! I'm convinced that most of my symptoms are drug related. I'm getting a referral to another cardiologist. If you've experienced anything similar, I urge you to be careful. I think that Bystolic works for some people, but long term, I think it's toxic. | M | 63 | 18 months 20 mg 2X day | 7/4/2010 | 5 | prophylactically / Marfan Syndrome | I believe this is the best drug I have taken prophylactically for mitral valve prolapse associated with Marfan Syndrome. I have been taking drugs for this for over 10 years. The only side effect I have noted with taking Bystolic is some slight sluggishness which was much worse with other Beta Blockers. | I just retired and have no insurance. I am 63 years old, so I don't have Medicare. I am very concerned that I am no longer able to purchase my Bystolic. I have about 3 months left then my doctor will switch me to another (generic) medication which have not worked well for me in the past. | F | 63 | 18 months 5mg 1X day | 6/29/2010 | 3 | hypertension | shortness of breath, low heart rate, sleepy, increased weight | F | 48 | 10 1X day | 6/25/2010 | 3 | High Blood Pressure, 180/100 | At 10mg, afternoon fatigue. Also, heartburn/indigestion. My doctor suggested cutting the dose in half, which I did, the medicine still seemed to work. I cut it half again, so I am taking about 3 mg daily. It still controls my BP to about 125 - 130 over 78 - 85. Pulse is about 72. Bystolic works, Lisinopril did not work. I still have the indigestion. Expensive. I am taking it along with 100 mg of Dyazide. I do not have any of the other syptoms described by others on this page. However indigestion and fatigue are serious problems to me. Other than over all fatigue libido doesn't seem to be a problem. | I think I am going to look seriously at exercise and weight loss. As near as I can tell all of these meds have some problems. I think being tied to meds and a Dr. can be sympotmatically more scary than the disease symptoms. Doctors are covering symptoms, not curing the underlying problem. Doctors are frequently aiming a shotgun in the dark and the patient suffers in the name of "practicing" medicine. | M | 61 | 150 days 10 mg. 1X day | 6/21/2010 | 5 | migraine prevention | none | I have tried 20 different medications for migraines. Either I couldn't take them or the side effects were worse than the migraines. I tried Inderal and Atenolol and couldn't take them because they triggered my asthma. bystolic does not--i haven't even felt close to a migraine since taking this drug. | F | 35 | 4 weeks 5mg 1X day | 6/20/2010 | 1 | HBP | I was prescribed 5mg, and only took it for one day. I was so tired (entire day) that I could not perform my normal duties in the hoouse. i developed a headache and later on a neck ache. I will not take this medication. It is also an expensive med. | M | 64 | 1 days 1X day | 6/18/2010 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Chest pain - went to the doctor - who sent me to the hospital. Admitted Friday, completed stress test Sat morning. Monday morning they took me to do a stint, and said stint could not be done, due to blockage. Friday had quadruple bypass. One month before this I was healty - was able to do 2 miles on the treadmill. After taking this medicine things went downhill....take another medicine. | I am a 43 year old female - not overweight, healty - Please don't use bystolic, the bypass was the worst thing I have every had to go through and I don't want anyone else to have to experinece. Any questions please ask. | F | 43 | 30 days 10 1X day | 6/15/2010 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | No side effects | It has done a wonder for my blood pressure. I take 5 mg once a day and bp went from 145/90 down to 120/70 with no spikes. Heart rate from 85 to 72 now. Was on metoprolol for 1 year prior to taking this drug and experienced extreme fatigue and anxiety and depression. All have went away after switching. I see a lot of comments from people saying it should be pulled off the market. Everyone is different and 1 drug that works with someone may not work with another. Instead of complaning about the drug, conversate with your doctor and find something that works for you. | M | 34 | 4 months 5 mg 1X day | 6/14/2010 | 1 | high blood pressure | chest pains shouders and neck hurt. eventually i had inflamation of heart lining and fluid build up around heart ( 400 cc's)do to lowering of heart rate . I had to have a emergency stint put in to remove fluid around my heart and stayed in hospital for a month . While i was in hospital i was not given bystolic and got better, got out and was given my medication again and started hurting again and started getting fluid again. I no longer take this drug and don't recommend it to anyone. | I died for over 2 minutes before doctors realized what was going on. They finally did a echogram and found the trouble. This is the worst drug ever. | M | 63 | 10mg 1X day | 6/10/2010 | 4 | HTN and fast heart rate | i've noticed cold hands and feet... heartburn/indigestion, but not sure if thats from the meds. Overall....not too many side effects!! | I"ve tried 3 different meds to control my bp....FINALLY...Bystolic is the one!! i gained about 25 lbs from metoprolol....i weened myself off that and found bystolic. I started off at 5 mg...dr upped it to 10...my bp ranges from 115-130.... 70-80. I feel sooo much better knowing my bp is under control...altho i do have chest discomfort, upper back discomfort, and jaw discomfort...the dr's reassured me that it is not my heart....had a pretty good cardio work up...everything came back normal. | F | 33 | 3 months 10 1X day | 6/6/2010 | 4 | PreHyp/Mild Arythmea | Within first 3 weeks I was slightly light-headed and tired. Woke up once 1 am thought I was having heart attack, went to ER. They said was panic attack. My PCP said keep on it. Now in 5th week and all is great! Give it time. My BP/HR are Peeeeerfect all the time and no arythmeas. Good luck! | M | 36 | 5 weeks 5 Mg 1X day | 6/4/2010 | 5 | High B/P | I have experienced no side effects. | Works well to reduce B/P | M | 64 | 30 days 5 mg 1X day | 5/31/2010 | 3 | HBP | Thinning of hair mainly at the crown of my head and around the temples | Has anyone else had this experience? | F | 66 | 2 months 2.5 MG 1X day | 5/29/2010 | 1 | heart rate extremely high! | extremely tired, don't care about anything, depressed, excessive stomach problems, including very bad flatulence, diarreaha etc. Lots of stomach problems | this medicine is toxic as far as I am concerned. I felt like I was dying...............TAKE OFF MARKET!!!!! I AM SO GLAD I FOUND THIS SITE......I REALLY THOUGHT SOMETHING TERRIBLE WAS GOING ON WITH ME........ | F | 54 | 6 weeks 5 mg 1X day | 5/27/2010 | 2 | High BP | morning headaches, severe pain in my left temple, added fibromyalgia pain especially in right calf, dizziness & faint feeling when I get up too fast, very blurry eye sight, tired & "flu-like" symptoms | Don't care for it...it especially makes my fibro & fatigue worse! | F | 63 | 25 days 5 MG 1X day | 5/25/2010 | 1 | blood pressure h.r up. | BYSTOLIC -NASTY DRUG! WORKS GOOD IN SLOWING HEART RATE DOWN -LOWERS B.P BY A FEW POINTS IS ALL. BAD POINTS! NIGHTMARES VIVID DREAMS SUDDEN WAKE UPS FROM SLEEP WITH SPIKED BLOOD PRESSURE !OFF THE WALL.. INTERNAL JITTERS NERVE'S EFFECTED FROM THIS DRUG! FROM 5MG TO 2.5 MG AND OFF IT. | THIS DRUG CAUSED MORE HARM THAN GOOD IN MY CASE, THOUGH DR'S ARGUE IT'S A SAFE DRUG AND GOOD TO TAKE! IT IS NOT. I HAD BROKEN SLEEP -CRAMPING -STOMACH ACHES AND BLOATING GAS PROBLEMS AND CHEST PAINS FROM IT! MASSIVE HEADACHES! BLURRING VISION NON STOP, AND DRY EYES AND MOUTH DEHYDRATION AT NIGHT ! JITTERS THAT WOULDNT STOP DAY AND NIGHT -NERVES WENT NUTS ON IT! ENOUGH SAID !! I GOT OFF IT MYSELF AND WENT BACK ON ONE MEDICATION AGAIN DOING FINE!!I CAN SLEEP NOW -JITTERS CALMED DOWN -NO NIGHTMARES OR VIVID DREAMS SO FAR.. BYSTOLIC RECALL IT ! BAN IT. ITS BAD NEWS ! | M | 56 | 8 months 2.5 1X day | 5/23/2010 |