Metoprolol Succinate ER and Weight Gain: What Users Say

• Mag...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• May 31, 2019

For High Blood Pressure "I hate this drug. I had been taking 25mg for years along with another blood pressure pill, amlodipine. Worked okay although the metoprolol took me a long time to adjust to. It makes me feel really lousy. The side effects are terrible. Last year I had to have open heart surgery to have my aortic valve replaced. Afterwards, they put me on 100 mg of the metoprolol extended-release. Oh My!! I’ve been on it for 7 months. I might as well be dead. This dosage makes me dizzy, lightheaded, depressed, extremely fatigued, I sleep all day, weight gain, headaches! I took half a pill each day for a few days and actually felt better. I hate this drug. I’m going to tell my cardiologist to lower my dosage way back or I’m just going to stop taking it. I feel worse than I have ever felt in my life. But hey, my BP and pulse are great!"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• July 2, 2020

For High Blood Pressure "I’ve been on metoprolol for almost a year now. I am only 24 and high blood pressure runs in my family. My mother had a stroke from high blood pressure, and my grandfather passed from it. I had high blood pressure with my daughter, but it went away after I had her, and then I had my son and it never went away. I was on bystolic, and it worked great for me, but was too expensive. So, I was put on metoprolol 25 mg, and it didn’t really help my blood pressure. I was prescribed a higher dosage to 50 mg. I am constantly tired, I’ve gained weight, and I am having night sweats. If I don’t take it, my heart starts hurting, and I hate it. The only good thing about it for me is that it does help with my blood pressure and my chest pain."

• MWa...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 25, 2020

For High Blood Pressure "I have been on this drug for 2 years. I have ringing ears, blurred vision, bloated feeling all the time, and gained 15 pounds. I'm going to get off this drug. I have taken 50mg twice a day. The first year I also had dizziness issues when getting up from a lying position. Not to mention diarrhea. This is a horrible drug."

• MJE...
• October 3, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "Metoprolol 75mg daily. Dizzy & off-balance, nausea, weight gain, joint pain, extreme fatigue with breathlessness, hair loss. I accidentally cut down on taking it when I had the flu. Lost 10 lbs due to hardly eating for 1 1/2 weeks. Noticed that I was thinking more clearly, had no nausea, joint pain was pretty much gone, and I had more energy. Checked BP, and it was still in the normal range. Am weaning myself off and am down to 25mg daily as I continue working to diet. Easier to lose weight now, too. I can breathe much more normally now and have better balance."

• Fre...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 8, 2018

For Supraventricular Tachycardia "I was diagnosed with moderate/severe obstructive sleep apnea and supraventricular 'events' 4 months ago. I was put on a ResMed PAP machine and Metoprolol Succinate ER 25 mg. I have gained 10 pounds. I feel: no energy, chest heavy, heart pumping weak, breathing decreased/light, affect flat, tired, constipated, I can't think. My events are rare now, but I don't know if my events were due to the sleep apnea and if the PAP helped decrease them because I started both med and PAP at the same time. I miss being extroverted, energetic, and outgoing. I don't know if there is any other treatment available. Ablation? I don't like this med."

• szu...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• November 19, 2016

For Left Ventricular Dysfunction "Just wanted to share my experience getting off Metoprolol ER 25 mg and switching to Diltiazem ER 120 mg. After a pulmonary embolism (no symptoms except PVCs), I suffered PVC with anxiety and panic attacks, even while treating blood clots with Coumadin. I was put on 25 mg Metoprolol ER to help the anxiety and PVCs - it helped immediately. I stayed on several years. I continued the dosage and tried to stay/get in shape. I steadily gained weight, assumed it was age. Exercising felt impossible. After a year or so, I was also having afternoon hypotension upon standing quickly. I developed symptoms of asthma and chest tightness plus fatigue. I was switched to Diltiazem. After 8 days of body adjustment (with a small amount of Ativan for 2 days), I again feel human."

• ABa...
• October 3, 2017

For High Blood Pressure "I'm supposed to take this medication for my blood pressure, but a year and a half later, the pressure is still the same, even though the doctor increased the dose from 50 to 100 mg. Seems like the doctor cares more about my heart rate (that is lower than before, so it is working), but my blood pressure is ever the same, especially the nighttime is ever around 85/140 (sometimes 150 or 160). I told this many times, but he is still thinking about the BPM, so at the end, the BPM decreased but not the blood pressure, so it is working 50/50. PS I gained more than 10 lb after using the Metoprolol."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• June 12, 2012

For Supraventricular Tachycardia "The side effects outweighed any benefits. Extreme fatigue, weight gain, muscle and joint soreness."

• Wyk...
• March 24, 2017

For Supraventricular Tachycardia "I do not like this medicine. I have gained a lot of weight, runny nose, tired all the time, and very bad and crazy dreams."