METOPROLOL Blood Pressure medicine...Listen to This ???????

[rigel434]

Yet another beta blocker horror story. I despise the stuff. You couldn't pay me enough to take Inderal again.

[bharkins]

Rigel,

It just goes to show you how everyone reacts differently to meds. My brother has been taking Inderal for 18 years and has not one complaint. He is 75 years old and you would never guess it.

[fainter20]

I am 20, and have been on Toprol for about 10 months. I have the ichiest, most irritated legs in the world and am always freezing! I can put 15 layers on and still shiver. And sleep!! I can't get enough, I can't wake up in the morning, I sleep through my classes and I fall asleep on my friends couches when I hang out with them! Plus, And may I remind you, I'm 20, I have NO sex drive what-so-ever! I didn't have these problems before starting Toprol. Granted I am a college student and sleep has always been an issue, but never to this extreme.

[Random2]

When I told this to my 1st doc. along with the other GI Problems+ associated with beta-blockers, he said no big deal. I said that I have to travel over 1300 miles to see my g/f. It is a problem. He said that it was a good drug. Switched to Atenolol from doc. #3 even though my numbers range from 108/61-65 to 119/75 on Lotrel as well. The only thing that has helped is Xanax. It may be addictive (I take 2 mgs), but at least the docs. let you know that. They don't tell you how hard it is to get off of Atenolol. Atenolol & Toprol did nothing really for my b/p but gave me lots of side-effects, Lotrel brings it down a little, Xanax handles my anxiety which is the cause of my HBP. Why don't they treat the anxiety 1st???? After a million blood tests you would think that they would know. Those clinical trials are humorous. It seems that a lot more people taking beta-blockers have all kinds of side effects. Being 34 & feeling 94 is a major problem.... much more than having B/P that is 134-140/80 un-treated.........

[photo2001]

I am taking metoprolol, vasotec, and xanax for high BP and anxiety. My doc doubled my dosage of metoprolol about a year ago because of heart palpitations. Lately I am feeling lousy and I am almost positive it's the metoprolol. Numbness in hands, lightheadedness, cold all over, constant fatigue, generally crummy. I am going to call my doc about this tomorrow. I have already cut my dosage in half because I can't take this.