Went to doc - Added another med - Metoprolol XL - Anyone on this?

[strong_one]

Hi all,

Darn Doc added another med to my 20mg of Lisinopril and .1 of Chlonidine. She added Metoprolol XL 50 mg. I was stressed going into the docs and I explained to her that my morning consisted of firing an employee along with hiring one that I didn't agree with (or who was forced on me!) Anyway - my BP was 165/94. She added that. Have you used metoprolol???

Let me know the side effects and if it benefited you.

Thanks
TGOS

[AmericanDream]

If I were you, I would take my BP again a couple more times before starting it. I am in the process of getting off of this terrible drug! I had the fastest heart rate imaginable. It would wake me up in the middle of the night and my chest felt like a jackhammer was plugging away in there. On top of that, I was getting night terrors, and I would constantly awake thinking someone was in the room trying to grab me or smother me.

My doctor was too pill happy when prescribing this to me. He never had me check my bp again, just the one time and he put me on it and never once told me the side effects.

I would certainly try another medication if I were you or find out for sure if you really need to be on it. Just by going on that one reading tells me that stress was a factor and maybe you don't need it.

Good luck!

[Lenin]

TGOA,

God, these doctors sure know how to ADD these drugs don't they? They must all have skipped Second Grade when most people were taught SUBTRACTION!

If you've never taken a beta-blocker, get ready to find out how horrible drugs can be.

[dreamer40]

I take torprol xl which is the same thing, I take 100 mg, I was reluctant to take it at first but bp has been a serious problem for many many years and I have had the same doctor for many years and he kept urging me over the years to treat it, and finally I said alright, I guess teh fact that he takes it too made me more willing to try you know he practicing what he preaches which gives me more confidence.

I did however adjust to the medication and the fatigue lifted but I got chest pains from it, so the doctor said the lisonpril would take care of that and it did, I take 10 mg and now my bp is 140/80 at teh office, and since I am usually nervous there anyway my home pressure is probably a little lower.

the lisinopril is causing me more fatigue then the torprol, but I am adjusting been on torprol now since feb, 2005, but the ace inhibitor almost a month.

I never thought I would adjust to it and get my energy back, not that I had alot of energy to begin with but you get my drift. I took lopressor (metrolprol) years ago and never could adjust to it because it would cause fatigue, the kind where you want to sleep but can't. this torprol is not doing that, probably because as teh doctor said you avoid the ups and down of metroprol which causes this type fatigue.

RR

[strong_one]

I haven't even touched the meds yet and my BP is running at around 122/88 this AM (which happens to be my highest BP of the day). I think I'm not going to take it for this month and when I go back - I'll see what my BP is.