I am 30 and just prescribed this med for high blood pressure 160/...

I was placed on Toprol @ 28 for HBP - I wish that I had never gone on it - 5 years later and I am STILL trying to GET OFF OF IT... I have developed asthma, severe GERD/heartburn, nightmares and sleep disturbances, just to name a few. The rebound when I try to wean off is so SEVERE that I end up going back on. It is common knowledge in the medical profession that diruetics should be the first type of drug prescribed for HBP - especially in younger people who are diagnosed. PLEASE call your dr. back and ask him or her to try a diruetic first - please... I know everyone reacts to medications differently - but I wish that someone had warned me about Toprol before I started it... BTW -- I am not overweight, eat very healthy - and the Toprol no longer controls my HBP - I too am trying to find a natural way to control my HBP to get off this drug FOR GOOD. Best of luck to you.