Since I have been on 25 mil of Toprol XL my head feels foreign to me. The back of my eyes are sore, my prescription glasses that are brand new are not clear. Everything has a light blurriness. My night vision has gone to pot. Everything is a big blur when driving. (don't worry I'm not driving @ night) I have bouts of waviness in one eye and sometimes one pupil will dilate, very weird. I had the shakes and palpitations every 5 hours or so until I started taking it in the evening before going to bed and they have all but stopped. I think it was messing with my blood sugar which has always been normal. My biggest problem is this head and eye thing. It really has impacted my day to day living. It feels horrible.
I'm very happy with what Toprol has done for the speeding heart. It has corrected that. I still have occasional palpitations several times a day but I can live with that.
I had a pacemaker put in a little over two months ago for a very slow heart beat and Toprol XL for the speeding episodes. Never been on medication in my life.
My BP was extremely normal 118/70 now its erratic anywhere from 117/68 to the highest being 148/90. Is all this normal taking this drug? Doc was saying their is a medication that is for thyroid problems that might be better for me with less side affects for the speeding heart?? Not sure what it is. I'm a 57 year old woman that other then the slow heart rate has never had medical issues. Any suggestions would help.
Thank you.
Eyes are sore, night vision is horrible, day vision a blurry mess, bouts of woozyness, BP up & dwn?
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- 23 Nov 2009 by wittylorrie
- Updated
- 8 Dec 2009
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- toprol-xl
Added 23 Nov 2009:
One more question: One doctor said to split the pill and only take half per day to see if the side affect subside and another doctor said I could not because it was XL (time release) I'm on 25mil. Which is correct, anyone know? and will I get the withdrawals everyone talks about? I've been using it since Sept 23 a few months ago.
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I'll answer what I know. You shouldn't halve the Toprol XL tablet. Since I don't know what the thyroid medicine is I can't really comment.
The symptoms related to the eyes are side effects of Toprol. Please let your doctor know that you are experiencing these side effects.

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- Toprol-XL Information for Consumers
- Toprol-XL Information for Healthcare Professionals (includes dosage details)
- Side Effects of Toprol-XL (detailed)
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Thank you Marvell, (great name)
I'm waiting for my appointment in Feb... crazy I have to wait that long, meanwhile the blurryness and head woozyness continues sometimes worse then other days. Not sure why that is but after reading about Toprol I would say I have the classic side affects. Lucky me huh.
Thank you and I hope another medication will be with far less side affects.
Happy Holidays.
You are welcome. All the best.