HI, I was prescribed IC Metoprolol succ er 25 mg. same as Toprol ...

Hi, I hope you're doing better. What you've described is exactly what I'm dealing with...In the first 2-3 months of taking this medication I gained 20lbs. and two years later I'm 30lbs. heavier and can't lose an ounce.
This is so frustrating, I'm too tired to exercise hardly any, and I feel & look awful. I have yet to find a doctor who can help wean me off of this medication safely and perhaps find something else. I'm still looking.
Good luck to you, at least it sounds like you haven't given up exercising completely...I wish you well.

Hello, I've been on metoprolol succ er since last july-08... I take 150 mg at bed time (9 - 11 PM) and in the morning I take ic cartia xt 180 mg about
10 - 12 hours later, and I feel great !!! I also take metformin 1000 mg each time as well and a 325 asprin. My arythmias have gone my glucose is better
and all seems to be a-okay. I work communications construction,have no
loss of concentration and climbing a 450 foot tower free hand , though taxing, has not been a problem. Check with your doctor, sometimes a little depression from aprehension can raise hell with you.
Bmac
Marion MA

I am ready to cry, I am so mad about these posts! My insurance company would not approve my previous prescriptions, and substituted Metoprolol without my consent. I already am overweight, and my pressure would go down with weight loss, why give me something that will intervene? Thanks for posting this infomation about these drugs.