Metoprolol for Left Ventricular Dysfunction User Reviews

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

Metoprolol "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."

• Mim...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 5, 2022

Metoprolol "Left ventral cardiomyopathy with normal arteries, result of a virus in my heart many years ago. I was doing well enough, EF 45-50, after more than a dozen years in 2017 that I was taken off of digoxin and HCTZ and remained only on losartan 100 mg. January 2022, I had a stroke. Echo while hospitalized (EF 32) was put on metoprolol succinate ER 12.5. It was increased to 25 mg after a follow-up echo 4 months later (EF 33). A couple weeks later, my feet were swelling. A month later, an irritating cough and wheezing. Increased to 50. Within 2 weeks, my chest, head, and feet felt intense pressure. Basically, I was a pressure cooker. Heart rate would soar with any physical activity. Reduced to 25 mg on my own. Saw a cardio 10 days later, just as I was feeling better, and was told I was in heart failure, go back to 50 mg. So I did and went through the same horror. After 2 weeks, I literally felt like I was going to die. Dropped to 25 mg for 5 days then 12.5 mg. Doc was okay but wants me on it. I HAVE TO GO OFF OF IT!"

• Sam...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 5, 2018

"Only took metoprolol by Zydus (Indian manufacturer) for 4 days and was so nauseated all day. I could barely eat and started dry heaving. It was prescribed because I've been having shortness of breath and heart palpitations lately. Spent 2 days in a local hospital, and tests determined I have a cardiac arrhythmia issue in my left upper heart chamber. This med did absolutely nothing to curtail my symptoms, and the nausea all day had me miserable. I am stopping the med. I am also concerned about the quality control of pharmaceuticals. Just not worth the risks and side effects."

• pba...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• July 5, 2021

"After a diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the drug has relaxed my heart muscle, allowing it to pump blood better and also eliminated or lowered the extra heartbeats that I experienced. It may also assist in treating or managing my recent diagnosis of A-Fib. The only negative side effect involved my feet being a little cold at times, but that was remedied by putting on a pair of socks."

• Chr...
• April 24, 2017

Metoprolol "Very nice, helped heart, now do sports easy, no more hard breathing."

• BLa...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 3, 2019

Metoprolol "Was put on Lopressor by my cardiologist after a session in the ER with excessive PVCs. The side effect (constant diarrhea) makes this drug unviable for me."