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 |
| 5 | Blood pressure and heart | At first a month ago nurse said to take 2 pills a day of5mg because they didn't have the 10mg but they didn't say to change i was taking 20mg.then two or 3 weeks later. My hair started falling out badly.i went back to 10mg its still coming out. Plus my leg has beeb swollen for 2 months and i have to wear a leg wrap something like a castand wrap. I talked both doctors and they say its the type2 diabete and arthritis. | F | 61 | 1 months 10 | 12/28/2016 | 1 | Heart failure, arrythmias | Sore back and neck muscles, tinnitus, left knee and hip pain, itchy skin, prolonged headaches daily, dry mouth, difficulty sleeping, tiredness, feeling of dizziness/ lightheadedness/ vertigo, light sensitivity( I need to wear sunglasses at times), head fog and weight gain!!!! | Do not let your doctors tell you that you are imagining things or that your beta blocker has nothing to do with how bad they are making you feel. Do your research and have your evidence ready. Doctors sit there in their Ivory Tower and do not really know what these drugs ACTUALLY do to people. They need to listen more and not be led by big Pharma. I have nothing against doctors. They mainly do a great job under difficult conditions but something must be done to help people who are suffering from being prescribed beta blockers!! | F | 60 | 8 months 1.25 | 12/6/2016 | 5 | High Bp Heart Failure | None | Wonder drug!!! I would be dead of the doctor hadn't given me this medication. I know it's not technically correct to prescribe for heart failure in the US but hey works like a dream for me at least | M | 27 | 1 years 5 mg | 10/24/2016 | 1 | heart palpitations | Headaches itching lightheadedness tiredness | Even though I don't feel the heart palpitations i hate the side effects. Been on this med for 2 days and I hate it. I'm going back to my doctor tomorrow to see if I can discontinue bystolic | F | 33 | 2 days 5 mg | 9/22/2016 | 1 | High blood pressure | At first I had no side effects from the medication. After 6 weeks I began to experience eye twitching,memory loss , shortness of breath , numbness in left arm and chest pain. I stopped the med for several days then went back on a smaller dose. While off the med I felt better physically but bp started to climb. I went back on Bystolic and everything started all over again after one week. | F | 48 | 2 months 5mg | 9/15/2016 | 1 | High Blood Pressure, Fast Heartbeat | Depression, Major Anxiety, Sleeplessness (waking up shocked & terrified), Burning Sensation in Chest, Crying for no Reason, Fatigue, Cannot think Clearly | I am going to call my doctor tomorrow to see if I can stop taking this drug. I'm terrified to fall asleep and if I do fall asleep I violently wake up within 20-30 minutes in shock. They put me on it to lower my BP while I wait to verify I have Hyperthyroidism. I am unsure if it lowers my BP as I have not been on it for long, but it does slow my heart rate. It makes me feel awful though and it feels like something is just not right. | F | 26 | 1 days 2.5mg 1X day | 8/24/2016 | 2 | Heart palpitations and hbp | Horrible medication, am now getting off it, I hope the damage is not irreversible. Am on 4 medications for sudden onset labile high blood pressure, tribezor and aldactone, last 4 years. Developed heart palpitations after the death of my mother in May, with adrenaline rushes and bp of 220/105. Doctor said I was going to have a stroke. Wanted to put me on Coreg but had tried that 2 years ago and had horrible side effects, pounding heart, shaking and tinnitus. Doctor insisted I needed to go on Bystolic, initially resisted but gave in after two weeks. I shouldn't have! After about 3 days, developed numbness in hand, muscle pain in arm, (feels sore like I had a flu shot), such severe pain in leg and hip I have a hard time getting up in the morning. After 1 week, called PA and she cut in half to 5 mg. pain didn't go away, couldn't get heart rate up during exercise. After another 2 weeks, I cut it in half again, but symptoms didn't go away. Hand numb all the time, arm and leg ache, having cramps in calves, and 2 nights ago, developed very severe itching and broke out in hives! Called PA today, she wanted to switch me to Toprel, (I had bad tinnitus with that one 4 years ago), I said NO. Beta blockers are the drugs from hell. She's doing blood work, but told me to take 2.5 mg every other day for a week - but yo expect rebound HBp and more heart palpitations!! My cardio is going to yell at me when I see him next month - but I'll yell back. And NO more beta blockers! | F | 64 | 1 days 10 | 8/12/2016 | 3 | High blood pressure, arrhythmia | Panic attacks, anxiety, bursts of adrenaline feelings, weakness, headache, visual disturbances | I was on 5mg of bystolic up until about 2 weeks ago. This was a switch from atenolol. This drug does a much better job with blood pressure but the 5mg made bp and heart rate very low. Started with unexplained panic attacks and a visual disturbance that sent me to the ER. Cut dosage in half. Feeling better than I did on the 5 mg but my doctor did not feel it was the medication. I disagree. Never had problems with sudden panic and anxiety. Time for a new doctor. Listen to your own body. You know it better than anyone. | F | 45 | 3 months 2.5 mg | 7/23/2016 | 3 | Blood pressure and arrhythmia | Seems to increase episodes of arrhythmia. | My top number concerning my blood pressure was still too high. I went from a resting heart rate of over 100 to around 76 and up to 83. Doctor reassured me that it should not increase my arrhythmia problems if I increased dosage to 20MG but it seems its only slowing my heart significantly and not resolving and other issues. | F | 37 | 3 days 20MG | 7/13/2016 | 3 | Blood Pressure | Powerful medication! On 5mg many side effects...fatigue.....weakness.......depression....But blood pressure way down 117/69. Cut 5mg tab in half......no side effects and blood presure is down some. FYI, take the dose that is good for you! | M | 60 | 10 days 5mg 1X day | 7/4/2016 | 4 | Heartbeat high | Very tired. Numbness in my arms and shoulders, joint pain, especially in hands and knees. Mild dizziness, vision seems worse. Mild nausea. Not sure if any of it is related to Bystolic, but I don't take any other medications or supplements or vitamins. The comments here have made me a bit nervous. I don't want to have a stroke, but I'm not completely comfortable with taking this med. | F | 49 | 6 months 5mg 1X day | 6/27/2016 | 1 | Pre-hypertension 135/90 | Shoulder pains, extreme tiredness, abdominal pains close to ribs on right and left, chest pains, hard to breathe, wrist pains, anxiety, weight gain. | My blood pressure always ran slightly high and I certainly have white-coat syndrome. I was prescribed Bystolic 5mg which did not affect my BP, so was increased to 10mg where I remained for nearly a year. I felt detached from reality and walked around in a constant daze even though taking my dosage at night. Only a hour after being awake, I would fight to keep my eyes open. My sleep was not affected by this drug. My blood pressure pleased the doc, but the side effects where too much to handle. I told my doc I was weaning off, so he gave me a week's supply of 5mg samples and told me to monitor my BP. After the week of 5mg, I would be off the drug. That was 8 days ago and I have started feeling a bit like my old self again. I still have periods of anxiety, but not constant like when taking the meds. Looking forward to the rest of the symptoms to go away completely as it seems they tend to come on for a short period and then go away. No longer feeling like a zombie or a prisoner to this drug. For the past eight days of being off this medication, my BP has consistently averaged 123/78 with HR 72. I am starting on an exercise regimen since I no longer feel like I am fighting to breathe. While on Bystolic my weight shot up from 195 to 235. This med was not for me and I urge you to have a lengthy conversation with your medical care professional before starting down the Bystolic road...it was a long road for me. | M | 46 | 1 years 10mg 1X day | 5/31/2016 | 1 | HTN, a-fib | apathy, decreased kidney function, leg edema, insomnia, weight gain, cold feet and legs and hands, inability to function at ANYTHING memory problems | Bystolic not only decreases the ability of my heart to function, it also decreases blood circulation to my kidneys AND brain. Until this beast entered into my life, I rode my horse, did my own home remodeling and basically enjoyed living. I was amazingly stupid to allow this poison into my body. This is not living, this is sitting in a chair waiting to die. | F | 66 | 13 months 5 1X day | 5/2/2016 | 2 | High blood pressure | I've been on bystolic 10 mg in the evening with another drug in the morning with a water pill every other day. Dr switched me to 10 mg of bystolic in the morning and 10 in the evening with a water pill. I am feeling weak legs are weak insomnia and shortness of breath. I never had any of this when I wasn't taking meds. I know I need to because of my bp but I don't know how much more I could take. Feeling like an invalid spend most of my days sitting around. Never had this before! Seeing md Friday which I know already he will tell me I'm crazy. I never had any of these symptoms before meds. Please help!! | F | 63 | 3 months 20mg | 4/26/2016 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Heavy depression and extreme anxiety. | I just wanted to update my rating from October of last year. I was on Benicar and had anxiety and depression. The doctor put me on Bystolic. In October, everything was great and I rated it a 5. Another month went by and I started having the same symptoms as I did on Benicar; extreme anxiety and heavy depression. In December, I insisted the doctor put me back on Lisinopril and my symptoms have disappeared. My BP is right on track and I have not been depressed or had one bout of anxiety since then. | M | 47 | 4 months 10 MG 1X day | 4/21/2016 | 3 | Arrhythmia | The medication does well to "smooth" out my heartbeat. However, my blood pressure plummets when I take it. I feel drained of energy and dizzy at times. I now have to take a vasoconstrictor in the morning just to function. | It really is a good medication for the arrhythmias... The side effects have just gotten old. | F | 20 | 1 years 5mg | 4/19/2016 | 1 | Hypertension | Was good for about a year, then extreme tiredness, cold hands and feet, insomnia, felt disconnected and depressed, weight gain. | Yes it did lower my BP but side effects are too severe to live with! NEVER take this drug! | F | 70 | 1.5 years 5 MG 1X day | 4/10/2016 | 2 | Hypertension | Extremely depressed and irritable. Got to were I could think straight. I quit taking it and within 24 hours felt normal again. It did lower my blood pressure. Doctor will have to put me on something else. | F | 49 | 3 days 5 mg | 3/26/2016 | 5 | Hypertension, palpitations, anxiety | The first month I noticed some hair loss and itchy skin but they both went away. | I tried Metoprolol and Bisoprolol but I could hardly function on them. I take Bystolic at bedtime and get a good night's sleep but it does not make me drowsy if I don’t go to bed right away. It did at first but this changed after a few weeks. As well, it has helped my anxiety tremendously. Although I still get some palpitations, they are hardly noticeable. I used to sometimes get tachycardia at night which was horrible and the Bystolic has ended that experience. I absolutely love it! | F | 61 | 4 months 2.5 | 3/25/2016 | 3 | Hypertension | Cold hands & feet, insomnia, heart burn, fatigue | 69 | 3 years 5 | 3/22/2016 |