Toprol-XL and legs

I am a 37 year old female that went to the ER 3 days ago for chest tightness & extremely high blood sugar. I have had high blood pressure in the past years but as of a year ago when I was diagnosed as being diabetic my blood pressure has been normal about 117/75 so I go to the ER and they give me 2 EKG's and a heart monitor for 24hrs and put me through a stress test,they also give me this little pill and say it will help me, well not feeling well and wanting to feel good again I take the pill no questions asked. I have never felt so tired in my life. I thought well chest pains will do that to you so I dismissed it. I know they were making sure I do not have a heart attack but, my blood pressure seems to be going lower and lower and I am more tired by the minute, they released me from the hospital and gave me a million RX's including toprol and lisinopril both of whch lower blod pressure ??? do they want me to pass out? so yesterday I took the toprol only and felt like I was sinking , my thinking seemed foggy and my legs felt rubbery. I am sooooo glad I found this site because I will not take this drug ever again I already suffer weight issues being diabetic I don't need anything else. I would prefer to be interested in sex and be able too function this drug seems like it is more negative than it is worth. I think I will stick with the lisinopril, and why would they give me two blood pressure meds when my blood pressure is already normal??? If anyone has a comment please let me know I am very scared about this whole thing

Hi,
I just found this site and was wondering how long it takes this horrible drug to leave your system. I have been taking it for a year and have suffered the WORST depression and anxiety attacks from it. I have been lucky enough to have never suffered from any of these symptoms in my entire life and my heart goes ou to those who live with it every day
So far I have lost my job, any chance of sleep, and I can barely get out of the house in the morning. Its having a direct affect on my marriage, I have lost all intest in my hobbies, unable to concentrate, I'm just a wreck. I just saw my Dr. last week and she made my dose smaller (25 MG) for the past week and I feel worse. Is there any ending to this?

I took Toprol for 4 years. I gained 50+ pounds, had the worst dreams ever. They were so real, I would get out of the bed and put on my glasses to make sure I was seeing what I thought. Sometimes I would see actual performances. If I wake up and see a light, any light, even on the alarm clock, some figure would appear. I and my family thought I had lost my mind. I sweated like a maniac for no reason, you would think that I had just ran a marathon. My body ached, legs would be so heavy, especially upon waking. Sometimes I had to lay in bed longer because my legs were achy and too heavy to get up. I had brain fog, couldn't concentrate and my night vision was almost zero. I never felt like doing anything, the only thing I wanted to do was sleep. I never got a good night sleep, sometime I didnt sleep at all.
Being on Toprol was HELL!!!!!!!!! I am off now and I feel like a different person.

I have been taking Toprol-XL for a long time. I have recently been switched to the generic and it is not controlling my blood pressure as well and my heart is palpitating a lot. I think I had problems before with the brand name but this is far worse. Is there a possibility that this drug causes Fibromyalgia??? I've seen some posts about that and I was also diagnosed with it because of severe muscle pain. If anyone has noticed a trend please respond, I am desparate.

Weight gain,muscle pain/tiredness especially in the lower legs. Fatigue/lack of energy, moodiness. Also intestinal bloating/gas.

Getting adequate exercise is problematic given I can't get my heart rate into my target area, and the almost constant pain and dead feeling in my lower legs. It gets to the point that I have to stop walking and wait for the blood flow to reach my lower extremities. I am assuming this is a large contribting factor to my weight gain.

I have been on Toprol XL for 4 years - was on 50MG - Dr. tried other meds for a while (bad side effects) - so put me back on 25MG of Toprol until we can figure out something else.

When I was off the Toprol I lost 16 pounds!!!! I have not gained any back being on a lower dosage.

I think it is causing me breathing problems and pain and cramping in my legs - any one else having this? How should you wean off?

Thanks!

Been on Toprol XL for 4 years. I am 64 with SVT and mitral valve prolapse. I was started at 50mg daily and got relief but when breakthrough SVT started the dose went up to 50mg in the AM and 25mg in the evening. I still have breakthroughs but can wait them out. I did notice that my SVT or palpitations seemed to be triggered with an imminent BM. I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia but coincidentally....it started with severe muscle pain when I started taking Toprol XL. I wasn't told that this could be a side effect.HMMMM When my insurance was discontinued (retirement) I started taking the generic due to cost. I haven't noticed any difference between the two. I also noticed that after a SVT episode I have a increase in urination....Toprol or SVT? I also noticed that I am very aware of an increase in a feeling doom. I have had ekgs etc and my heart is in good shape otherwise.

I am a nurse of 20 years and was placed on Toprol XL for super ventricular tachycardia (SVT) over a year ago. I was place on 25 mg dose after a stress test, ekg, echocaridogram and 24 hour halter monitor. I was not feeling any better and I was having periods of weakness, profuse sweating and being clammy. The cardiologist had me wear a 30 day event monitor and it showed frequent PVCs and runs of SVT. So he increased the dose to 50 mg. I continued to have the weakness, tachycardia, PVCs, extreme weakness, poor concentration and extreme periods of sweating with becoming clammy and some chest pain. Oh and I started having severe left leg pain that I had not had since my back surgery, so I went back to my pain specialist for treatment. I became so depressed, thoughts of life not worth living, poor endurance, not able to sleep in bed due to severe leg pain and increasing bouts of tachycardia, irregular heart rate, weakness, and sweating this is while at rest or working the symptoms remained. I forgot to mention that my blood sugar was increasing during this time to the point of in danger of being a diabetic.

I decided to stop the Toprol XL after reading some of the side effects that are less common. I was able to sleep in bed for the first time in 6 months, no leg pain. I called my cardiologist and he told me my symptoms were not consistent with Toprol XL side effects or reaction and to double the dose of Toprol XL. I refused and changed cardiologist, one who listened to me.

The result is I stayed off Toprol XL, after 5 weeks it is getting out of my system. No more sweating spells, cold clammy spells, extreme weakness, I feel part of life again and ready to go back into the world not hide from it, my blood sugar is getting back to normal. I am getting my strength and endurance back but have to rest some still, oh and I am losing the 25 pounds that I gained while on Toprol.

I still have irregular heart rate and that is okay but I am on a new medication that really seems to work. Oh, and the spinal implant that I was to have has been cancelled because the leg pain is almost gone and I sleep in a bed not a chair.

I have been off toprol for 2 weeks now. My legs are still very weak. I am having trouble walking. They are better in the morning then get worse as the day goes on. Some days are better than others. I have never had this problem before going on toprol. I am also depressed because of this, and I have never had problems with depression before. Still wondering how long this will take and if I should do anything to make this better. I tried massaging my legs and that does seem to help.

I starting taking toprol xl 25 mg in Feb 2007. My blood pressure was high because I was experiencing dizziness from a neck injury. I noticed right away muscle weakness around my knees but I thought it was because of my neck and the dizziness. I thought that I was locking my knees more because of afraid of falling. And increased dizziness. But again I assumed it was still from my neck. My neck pain got better but then the muscle weakness got so bad I bought a cane to walk around at work with. One week ago a finally begged the Doc to take me off this medication. I took 1/2 pill for 3 days and then went completely off. I have not started having hot flashes yet, but with the withdrawal I have had a hot flash. My muscle weakness in my legs is better, but not gone. I am still trying to find out how long it will take to get this awful drug out of my system. The doc was convinced it was the drug, and I am scheduled for more tests.

I have been on Toprol-XL 25mg for 3 months. Shortly after I started this medication I developed hip/upper thigh pain which feels better when I walk. It seems the muscles are very sore in my legs. Never had this prior to taking this medication. It just gives you a sick feeling. I am going to start weaning myself off of this med by cutting it down to 1/2 a tab. I will say one thing it has regulated the PAC's but perhaps the flutter in my chest that will not hurt me, is better than the side effects of this drug. Of course the doctors deny that this drug has these side effects.

Iv'e been aking Toprol -XL for 25 mg for 3 years. Gained 25 pounds, muscle and joint pain, depression.Mornings are a challange. My legs are stiff, crampy and it's difficult to walk.I wake fron arm and shoulder pain.Please respond if toy have the arm and leg pain symptoms.Help!

i am a 58 year-old male who suffered a heart attack two years ago. i was immediately prescribed a 50 mg dose of toprol once a day. since that day i have experienced a severe sense of being light headed, dizzy all the time. so extreme at times people and friends thought i had a drinking problem, t times could not even walk. I also experienced what one doctor thought was rabdomyalisfrom taking lipitor. another doctor states it is peripherial neuropathy from diabetes. I get that i cannot walk or stand. my legs just give out. but..............since i have stopped taking toprol i have not experienced any of those side effects again. 100% turn around. the risk with toprol is just not worth it.

I have been taking toprol xl for approximately 9 mos. It was givien to me for rapid heart beat. My dosage has been doubled twice so that I am on 50 mg. I hate this medicine. I still have some rapid heart beat, I wake up every two hours at night, my legs hurt, and I have gained 20 lbs. I also wonder if it is this medicine that makes me sweat profusely. When I am doing yard work, or anything else in the summer heat, the water just pours off of me. I have never been a heavy sweater and I am out of doors all of the time. I want to get off of this stuff. Can I wean myself off by lowering the dosage a week at a time?

I am taking 25mg of toprol for SVT/MVP started about 6 months ago. started having mild joint pain while doing yoga, just thought I was getting older (I am 46) joint pain started getting much worse in my hips and spreads down my legs when walking for more than 20-30minutes. I have had breast cancer and am concerned it may be a tumor I am scheduled for a bone scan on Monday but after reading the messages on this site I feel much better that it may not be bone cancer and might be this medication. time will tell.

I started Toprol Xl 50mg daily about 2 1/2 months ago. I experienced trouble sleeping and vivid dreams right off the bat. I saw my doctor last week and he suggested I take it at night instead of the morning, but that seems to make the insomnia worse. I find myself waking up a lot during the night, sometimes I feel wide awake. Also, last night, I woke up and both legs were itching intensely, as was my chest. I have no idea what that was. Has anyone else experienced similar? I don't know what to do.

I have Grave's disease which effects your thyroid. I got radiation therapy for my hyperthyoidism.My numbers are still hyper and I'm taking Topral. I take 25 MG in the morning and 25 Mg at night. I have gained 8 lb's in 3 wk's.If you are familar with hyperthyroid, I should be losing weight.My face and ankles are puffy and my legs are crampy. I'm going to ck into other beta blockers until my thyroid gets regulated.

I have been on toprol 50mg for almost a year than I had started experiencing side effects so my doctor switched me to 25mgs. I started experiencing hurting in my legs going around from the lower back to the upper thighs into the groin area. I had MRI of the spine and nothing had changed from the orginial diagnosis of stenosis in L5, 4, & 3. This could not cause the sereve pain I'm feeling. No one ever took a look at the toprol and how I was being effected from this drug. My legs feel as though they are going to give a way along with the pain in my muscles and joints

wow. i am a 36 year old female that started taking 50mg of toprol about 1 month ago for frequent pvc's. all these side effects i am reading about are just blowing me away. i have several...foggy, tired, difficulty falling asleep, muscle aches, weakness, tingly legs, weight gain, depression, nightmares, swollen ankles, hopeless feeling, decreased sex drive, cold hands and feet, leg and foot cramping.... NONE of which i had before. THIS MEDICATION IS EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i will be weening myself off of it starting NOW!!!! i would much rather feel my heart beating funny than feel like this.

I have been on Toprol 50 Mg for three years. I have severe scalp itching and itching and laking on body areas such as under my breasts and legs and the creases.

taking toprol 50mg daily. my legs burn and ache when i walk the dog. had a heart attack 8/17/06. God, I'm exhausted. My bp and pulse are down though. will i ever feel better? Rose McC

i,am very tired ,back pain,neck and shoulder pain , gain weight,loss a lot of hair,cough,i had bad cold,dry mouth,pain in my legs,no sleeping at night, constipations,my mouth sour and bad feelings,this start 5 month a go, before i was fine,if anybody as the same side effect please let's talk, i need help badly thank you.

I had an episode of A fib about 2 months ago and the Md prescribed toprol 50 mg. I feel tired dizzy lightheaded, anxiety, and numbness and tingling in my legs. Im aslmost certain the toprol is doing this, any suggestions

I have been takig T 50mg. for 4 months now. I had a ministroke...brought on by dehydration in January. The fatigue from the T had me bedridden. and depressed.The pounding in my heart and head terrified me. I cut back to 25mg at night. Weird dreams..and recently my BONES "hurt" and I have been experiencing "numbness" in my legs. I stopped taking T yesterday..as a test..I have never had these issues before. last night the dreams were gone. I can only hope the additional symptoms will disappear as well.

Does anyone experience a high pitched "buzzing" in there head with these BP meds?

I am taking Toprol XL for HBP. My legs have been cramping very badly during the night sometimes (Charley Horses). Now my doctor sent me for a doppler and they say it showed abnormal wave forms in both legs. Now they want me to do an angiogram which I am quite reluctant to do. These cramps didn't come on until I had been taking this medicine for a few months. My BP however had gone down, lower than the doctor remembers seeing it. I had blood work done earlier in the spring and everything on it was in normal range.

I was healthy until I went to the doctor. Now it seems I am on the way "out" of the world.

I started Toprol XL after I was hospitalized with rapid heart beat...I was on Diovan HCL for high blood pressure and had
virtually no side effects. The doctors took me off of it and put
me on the Toprol to regulate my heart rate. I had another
bout of rapid heart rate and my dosage was increased to 50 mg a day. I have overwhelming fatigue...I used to work out
every day and now I can barely do just normal activities. I
practiced karate....not now. I have headaches and my legs
feel very heavy. Does anyone else have these symptoms. I
am a 56 year old female.
Thanks,
Janis

Lost Energy, nause, headache, short breath, pain in legs. my abdomen was swelled.

I was prescribed to take 50 mg Toprol twice a day

I was on 2 heart medications for over a year. In April I started taking toprol alone. I have been gaining weight rapidly like 6 or 7 lbs. in 2 months. I also have tingling in hands, a numbness, and burning which wakes me up at night. Is this from the toprol? I was happy to hear others had the same side effects. I have lower back pain and my legs hurt. I couldn't figure out why I was gaining all this weight. Maybe it is the toprol taken alone.

I am a 40-year-old female taking 50mg/day of Toprol (for HBP) and have experienced the following side effects:

Fatigue
Lethargy
Pain in legs and arms
Loss of breath (even when walking very short distances)
Odd dreams/nightmares
Rapid weight gain (despite no change in eating/exercising habits)
Unusually heavy menstrual flow
Nosebleeds

The cure is worse than the disease! :-(

Taking 25mg of TROPOL.
Lower back pain; all tests negative; MD feels it's pinched nerve. Numbness in both legs with tingling and needle like feeling in toes of both feet. Both legs feel like someone is squeezing front and back of legs. Legs are not swollen

I have been on Toprol XL for 5 yrs and it makes me tired all the time and my legs get tired alot, I also had weight gain and some bloating at times. as a male i'm not as great sexually as before the toprol either. I was put on toprol to stop my palpitations, beta blockers are good for this my Dr says.

Got put on toprol xl 25 mg 2 weeks ago for rapid heart beat and tightness in chest. Slowed my heart rate down and can breathe much better now but have cramping in my legs, pain in my sides (lower back side), and feel like I'm in a cloud. Anyone else have this?

Terrible leg pains at night while sleeping, muscle aches, weight gain, and maybe loss of sexual drive is caused by toprol. I was prescribed Toprol for migranes. It has cut them down tremendously but the pain in my legs at night will cause me to discontinue. Today is New Years Eve and I will be calling for an appt for the Dr on Tuesday. I have many more symtoms but I don't know if I can blame them on Toprol.

I have taken toprol for about a month and am refuseing to take it anymore my blood pressure was at 170/110 and im only 20 years old before taking toprol... I have experienced so many side effects i cnat even live a normal life. My anxiety has gone from barely having any to having terible panic attacks daily. I have experienced extreme back pain, tingling in my legs and arms, vomiting, dizziness and light headness. My cardiologist says it has nothing to do with my meds which i simply can not believe!!! If anyone knows anything else I can ask to take to help decrease my blood pressure please help!! inderal and other beta blockers all seem to have a negative effect on my body!! goodluck to everyone

I have been taking Toprol xl 50mg for about a year now, and I feel so tired and depressed. My antidepressant seems to have stopped working and it is hard to function and get the things that have to be done, done...Everyday it just seems to get worse, seems I just can't get caught up on job and household. It's hard just to get out of bed and get dressed! Major effort! What an awful feeling! My legs hurt all the time, I thought maybe it was just aches and pains from aging, I am 51. I want to get off this medication. Please help.

I have been taking Toprol XL 50 since August 24,05.
For the past week, I do not have enough energy to take a shower hardly. I am so sleepy and drowsy that I almost fall asleep at my computer.
I am having chest pains, arm pains and my mouth has a horrible dry taste and I can't seem to get enough water. I have panic attacks and they are worse. I am easily depressed and my moods change quickly.
I love to walk but my legs feel like they are going to fall off now. I get what feels like restless leg syndrone when sitting with my feet up. I have to constantly rub them.
I have creepy feelings ( that is the only way I know to explain). If I could stop suddenly taking it, I would.
I plan to see a Cardiologist shortly. GP gave me the meds for high blood pressure.

I'm 54 and started Toprol 6 months ago. I am experiencing memory loss and weight gain that won't go. Count calories and walk but to no avail (weight stays on). I started taking this drug due to fast pulse due to mitral prolapse valve. My legs hurt especially at night while lying down. Can't tell if its Toprol or the Zetia for leg pain. I know I had a bad reaction to the cholestrol med Zorcor. Dr. claim all is good but I'm not feeling it. I want off!!!

I have been taking Toprol for about a year for heart palputations. Over the last few months, I began to experience a tired feeling. In the last four months, it has gotten worse and now I can't do my husehold chores. I have a trembling feeling in my arms, legs, and upper body.
I also experenced muscle aches. That has ceased since I have been off the Lipitor. I have had numerous blood work done and all has come back in the normal range. I have seen a Neorologist and the tests he gave me were also normal. My guess is, it is both the Lipitor and Toprol causing my problem. I am 68 years of age, always been on the go and a fun loving person. I would like to be that person again.
Ruth