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

[BPJD36]

My Father has high blood pressure and hes on like 3 pills but Metoprolol is the one Pill that is destroying him, he has every side effect BAD to...he cant sleep at all, Tired, Weak, Cant Stand the Cold , Stomach Upset and the main one is he is having a hard time breathing, im just glad i caught it now cause some of his side effects r serious ...hes been on this pill over 2 months ..My dad does ahve a sickness but was getting better ...this pill made him worse and hes getting off of it as soon as possible...He was fine befo4 he started taking this pill, he was sick but this Pill got him so SICK..and i just found out last night by reading up on it and the DOC has to take him off of it now, I kno its the pill because he wasnt like this until he started taking the pill and he has just about every side effect.

Anybody have any information about this Pill or have any Experiences with it?


Thanks

[Lenin]

My brushes with beta-blockers have been propranolol (Inderal), nadolol (Corgard), and atenolol (Tenormin.)
All three have caused similar symptoms as your father is experiencing with just a few differences:

propranolol was the easiest because it wore off fast and I could take it morning afternoon and STILL sleep.

atenolol had me awake for a month with NEVER more than 3 hours sleep a night

nadolol has an almost INFINITE (exaggerated) half life so when I built up the amount in my body by adding more and more every day I got to the point where I could bearly walk and it took many days to recover even after I stopped. But that one let me sleep...A LOT!

So look for the metropolol to have elements of the three I described and probably some of it's own.

It's a dreadful class of drugs to take for just uncomplicated hypertension. Consider it only with arryhtmias or angina AND hypertension. Probaly wise to ween off it when he decides to stop...maybe 1/2 dose for a week.

[mgraylorn]

My experience with a beta blocker came with Toprol. I had nausea, sensitivity to cold, increase in blood pressure and blood pressure spikes. Didn't seem to affect my sleep, except when I woke up in the middle of the night with a blood pressure spike, which was almost every night for a while.

Your dad needs to wean off the drug slowly, otherwise he could have rebound hypertension which might be dangerous.

[pete0303]

My experience with beta blockers has been horrible, I am years old and DR started me on inderal took it for a year my insurance changed and wouldnt pay for it Dr changed me to lopressor.I wound up in the hospital with chest pain months age Heart catheterization revealed no blockages tenorman prescribed with diovan. months later my thyroid has quit working and i am in a helluva shape thanks to their beta blockers. By the way, none of the betas lowered my BP Diovan so far has been great, Take your dad to a different DR if yours wont hear you out. I have went through in months but finally have found a holistic dr who will listen He started me on what i need for thyroid. Funny that all these beta blockers i was on are known to have adverse effects on thyroid. My dr prescribed them and never once ran a blood test to see what was up. She nearly killed me, GET A NEW DR if yours wont listen

[Random2]

34 with no heart problems at all and perfect blood tests. I am going to wean off of Atenolol. The side-effects are far worse than the good parts of the drug. I will wean slowly. I think that my B/P can be fine with Lotrel 5/20 & anxiety meds. I will wean when these nasty cuts that I got from bowling heal.