Metoprolol Succinate ER User Reviews & Ratings

• Wee...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 23, 2019

For High Blood Pressure "I have not only super high blood pressure but also very high pulse & physical anxiety symptoms. It's idiopathic, I'm young, slim & female, with good diet & no aggravating lifestyle factors. I've been this way since age 18. Tried several solutions including OTC & prescription medications, diet changes & hippie-dippie placebo stuff like breathing exercises/meditation. Currently I'm on 3 meds for my BP. The only one I really miss when I skip it is metoprolol. If I skip my ACE inhibitor or my diuretic, there's barely any difference. Skip my metoprolol? I'd better call in sick. You shouldn't give a hoot about my experience, my body chemistry has nothing to do with yours. Your body may not give a damn about beta blockers but care everything about a calcium channel blocker for all we know. All bodies are different, with a different reaction to different meds. I can't believe we're still reviewing medication like it's a one-size-fits-all deal that we can take each other's advice on."

• Blu...
• November 18, 2019

For High Blood Pressure "This is the worst blood pressure medicine I have ever taken. It caused me erectile dysfunction, memory loss, and tiredness. It also gives you blurry vision. Stay away from this bad medicine. When I stopped taking this Metoprolol Succinate, my erection got better, I felt much better and more energetic. This medicine will definitely harm your body."

• 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!"

• J44...
• November 13, 2015

For Supraventricular Tachycardia "I'm a 22-year-old female. (115/5'1). Long story short, I found out I have tachycardia and experienced palpitations as well. I had extreme anxiety because of it, which made it worse. I got prescribed Metoprolol Tartrate twice a day at first, and it was a nightmare. It actually had a reverse reaction on me and gave me constant flutters for a whole day. The doctor told me to take Magnesium twice a day with it, and it helped. I eventually switched to the extended release, once a day, along with Magnesium, and I couldn't be happier. I feel a lot more relaxed and normal. Had a few palps still with Tartrate but not with Succinate (yet). I wanted to wait to write a review because I know I relied on reviews. Hope this helps!"

• Mar...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 19, 2021

For High Blood Pressure "I was experiencing palpitations and higher than normal blood pressure. I have a generalized anxiety disorder that I have been experiencing since I was 30 years old. My doctor prescribed me Metoprolol Succinate ER and BAM! My blood pressure is normal and my pulse rate is back in the '70s! I have not experienced any side effects. None, zip. I have tried an alpha-blocker before, but that one gave me dizzy spells when I stand up from a sitting position, and I would feel like passing out. This medication works well for me and helps greatly with my anxiety issues as well."

• 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."

• Bsh...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• August 16, 2021

For Supraventricular Tachycardia "I can't believe it took me this long to correlate my symptoms with this pill, and I'm a 25-year-old RN. Forty-six years old and have had SVT since my 20s. A couple of years ago, I had a 24-hour stay to evaluate HR of 165. All testing normal. No treatment. A year later, back in the ER with a pulse of 250. I was given Adenosine to convert me and then given Metoprolol Succinate 25mg daily. I've been on it for a year. I noticed some tiredness but nothing major. Over the next year, my tiredness became debilitating, and I suffered severe depression, insomnia, and panic attacks. I didn't make the connection and blamed it on the pandemic and all the isolation and restrictions everywhere. I thought I was just having a hard time. Then the drenching night and day sweats started. Still, I blamed it on perimenopause. But then came the heat and activity intolerance. Minimal activity caused me to become SOB, shake, and be drenched in sweat. Sleep was non-existent. I began having numbness in legs and feet."

• 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."

• Chi...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 13, 2019

For High Blood Pressure "My blood pressure (BP) since 2017 ablation and hybrid maze has been 130/90 heart rate 50 before 2 x Tikosyn, 1 x 50mg Metoprolol. I take the drugs 1 hour apart, as soon as I take the Metoprolol BP goes to 165-180/130-120, heart rate 60-70. I feel dead, fatigue, to the point of falling asleep, sedentary, short of breath...in other words all the symptoms described by all. My EP doctor said to increase the Metoprolol to 1 x 100mg, I told him my cardiologist suggested to take two 50mg when my rate increased as needed. He said to make an appointment to see the cardiologist who has known my condition for 2 months. The cardiologist said BP is not that high and recommended no changes. I am besides myself and have lost faith in my Cardiology Clinic."

• Ale...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• March 11, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "Worked well in lowering my blood pressure, pulse rate, even helped with my anxiety. I've noticed no side effects, which is great because usually I find some reason to dislike drugs I am prescribed. However, I've had no issues with this."

• Tin...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• April 26, 2020

For Migraine Prevention "I've been taking Metoprolol ER, 25 mg, daily for migraine prevention. It has helped me tremendously. It has also lowered my BP, which only ran high occasionally, but needed to be addressed. I've had no bad side effects from the medication and I take it first thing in the morning, on an empty stomach. I hope my experience helps someone."

• Hop...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 24, 2020

For Supraventricular Tachycardia "This med is horrible. Only took 2 doses and still having severe problems with palpitations and racing heart 2.5 months later. Had episodes of extreme palpitations, chest pain, almost passing out. Can hardly do my everyday chores. Cannot exert myself. Hypersensitivity. Hope my heart returns back to normal. I hope I didn't ruin it forever."

• 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."

• Goo...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 13, 2020

For High Blood Pressure "My primary put me on 25 mg per day due to palpitations that started after going off of HRT patch after 25 years. Cardiologist put me on Chlorothalidone since BP was running in mid 130’s/90. The first few days were fine, then my eyes were always red and itchy, upset stomach, out of breath so much that I couldn’t even walk across the room, and terrible insomnia with horrible nightmares! Asked if I could reduce it to half. Three weeks later and nothing changed, so weaning off by taking every other day for three weeks. This is horrible, now I know why my cardiologist wanted me on thiazide for a month to see if palpitations stopped after lowering BP. By the way, my BP is still the same. I don’t have insurance."

• Lil...
• January 18, 2016

For High Blood Pressure "After having a constant heart rate of 110/20 even when resting, occasional heart palpitations, anxiety, and high blood pressure, I was put on Metoprolol Succinate ER 25 mg, that I halved to 12.5 mg. It's been wonderful! I am so much more relaxed, my heart rate stays around 75 to 80. Blood pressure stays in a normal range. Love it! I'm female, 47, 5'2" (135 lbs)."

• Sem...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• October 31, 2018

For Supraventricular Tachycardia "Oh man, where do I begin. I am female, 52 years old, and I take 75 mg of Metoprolol a day. I have been on them for 5 years. It does a very good job of keeping my heartbeat in the 50s and 60s when resting, but it goes up too high when I get up in the morning to take a shower. I was 165 pounds when I started taking the pills, and now I am 216 pounds. It has terrible side effects like feeling very fatigued, being unable to think clearly, shortness of breath, my libido has disappeared completely, chest tightness, constipation, and blurry vision. I saw my cardiologist three weeks ago, and he is talking about doing a maze procedure. I am at a point where I would do anything to get off of the Metoprolol."

• Ano...
• April 26, 2012

For Atrial Fibrillation "I've been on Flecainide for 12 years for A-fib but have recently been having more and more episodes. So my cardiologist also prescribed metoprolol (the smallest dose possible - 1/4 of a 25mg tablet twice daily - due to my being very sensitive to other beta blockers). My blood pressure dropped (wasn't high in the first place) and my heart rate dropped to the mid/low 40s. I was also very light-headed, had low energy, some shortness of breath, and sometimes nausea. Discontinued (by doctor) after one week."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 29, 2015

For Supraventricular Tachycardia "I was having heart palpitations every day to the point where it was really scary for me. Sometimes flutters, other times skipped beats, and still others I can't explain. I had a Holter monitor and stress test, all came back fine. The cardiologist told me nothing to worry about. They gave me this med 25 mg a day, 1/2 tab in the morning and 1/2 in the evening. In the first week, I felt tightness in my chest, found it hard to breathe, and it made me extremely sleepy and spacey. I almost stopped taking the med, but I continued into my second week after my doctor told me to continue, side effects would subside. I am so glad I took their advice. It's been 2 months, and my palpitations have subsided. I get a few here and there, but not as intense. This was a miracle drug for me."

• Anonymous
• February 2, 2011

For Atrial Fibrillation "My doctor started me on Metoprolol after cardiac ablation for Atrial Fibrillation. It actually made my heart rate worse. I was waking up at 2am-5am every single morning in tachycardia of 115-148 bpm. I stopped taking Metoprolol, and have been in normal sinus rhythm ever since. I am glad it works for most, it just did not work for me. Atrial Fibrillation and/or tachycardia is horrible, and they have got to come up with something new for us sufferers soon."

• Jan...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 15, 2018

For High Blood Pressure "Worked well to control my blood pressure but couldn’t tolerate the side effects. Caused constant headache as well as a pressure feeling in my head and made me feel somewhat swollen all over (even though I wasn’t)"

• Koa...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 8, 2020

For Supraventricular Tachycardia "I was diagnosed with SVT's and put on metoprolol - which has helped a lot with my palpitations. Instead of multiple times per day I now only get palpitations a few times a week. I first started out on 25 mg. in the a.m., but that didn't do the trick. Then went to 25 mg. twice a day, however, that made me extremely tired. Now I take 12.5 mg. in the a.m., & 25 mg. in the p.m. and this works! My resting heart rate has decreased between 55 - 60 bpm. But... everyone metabolizes meds differently."

• ban...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 13, 2018

For High Blood Pressure "My experience with this drug was that I was always tired and had no energy. I was told that I had to take the drug once a day, and I took it when I got home after work. My blood pressure skyrocketed instead of going down. It left me sleeping longer. I was cranky and crabby as well. I ran out of the product. I went back to my doctor 3-4 times, and she prescribed another medicine to help lower my blood pressure. I took that prescription and went to Walmart, got a printout of the medication, and decided not to take it. In February, I changed doctors, took the empty prescription bottle with me, and asked him if I needed to take it further. I ran out of the product and was taking an alternative that had Hawthorne extract, potassium, and other nutritional supplements to lower my blood pressure."

• Ste...
• March 12, 2011

For High Blood Pressure "Been on this medicine for over 12 years, started on 50 mg, now at 200 mg ER. Been on 200mg for over 7 years now, works really well. I am 36, and it must be hereditary because both my younger sisters were on blood pressure medicines at an early age. My parents take 2 different blood pressure medicines as well. Works well for me when I check it every day."

• Roc...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 28, 2017

For High Blood Pressure "Went to have foot injury x-rayed at urgent care and spiked a blood pressure of 195/110, maybe due to pain. Was given this by IV in the ER, then pills for 3-4 nights at home. It lowered my blood pressure by like 20 points per day, and I was fine for 2 days, but then had episodes of exhaustion to the point where I had to lie on the couch for hours to recover from simple housework like washing pots. Was also short of breath like I had run 5 miles. Swallowing felt weird. Got disoriented while driving. It's a 9 on effectiveness but can't tolerate the side effects. Am 63/F."

• 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."