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was put on toprol 25mgs. one year ago by my heart doctor, for tac...

Posted at 10:39 AM on Sep 25, 2007 by drpoatfitz, #23860
was put on toprol 25mgs. one year ago by my heart doctor, for tachycardia which only happened after stress. soon thereafter i developed a numbness in the toes of both feet. i saw my my intrenist who didnt know what it was from. i left the country and was livinf abroad until aug 07. while ther the paresthesia of my toes got worse and started traveling up my foot and half of my calf. saw my internist and was advised to see a neurolgist. he put me thru a series of blood test and an emg. all came up negative. went back to the internist and asked her to review my records from sept 2006. first thing she noticed was that i had been started on toprol. she told me one of the side effects is paresthesia of the feet and or hands, and advised me to cut the dose in half for a few weeks and then in half again in a effort to wean me off of it. its been only 3 days since i began to cut down and already the numbness is starting to decrease. has any one else experienced this? does it go entirely away? please write. hopefull
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Reply about 1 year ago on Sep 25, 2007 by harmonytx, #2035

Your sypmtoms are sadly not so uncommon as some doctors might think. If you look through the posts here, you'll find a number of people who have reported similar problems such as cold fingers/toes as well.
As far as if it will completely go away, I wish I could tell you it will, but I don't even think the doctors know for sure. In fact, I continue to be concerned regarding how many of them don't seem to even be familar with the side effects this medication can cause, and yet they continue to prescribe it so casually.
I am a licensed massage therapist, and as simple as this may sound, I would recommend getting a foot massage as often as you can afford to do so to possibly help restore the sensation in the areas that are feeling numb. If nothing else, self massage could also help and it's really not hard to do, you just need to keep at it and not give up.
I wish you well, and I hope you do get better...take care, JC

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