Metoprolol for Premature Ventricular Depolarizations User Reviews
Brand names: Metoprolol Succinate ER, Metoprolol Tartrate, Toprol-XL, Lopressor, Kapspargo Sprinkle
Metoprolol has an average rating of 6.6 out of 10 from a total of 25 reviews for the off-label treatment of Premature Ventricular Depolarizations. 60% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 24% reported a negative experience.
Reviews for Metoprolol
- Stres...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- January 7, 2021
"No prior history of cardiac issues or anxiety, 30-year-old female, been working through COVID as a nurse, unsure if I ever had COVID. Was recently diagnosed with “stress-induced” PVC/PACs, symptomatic and pretty frequent but not enough to require any immediate treatment when I went to the ER. Thought it was anxiety, then it persisted every couple of minutes, a swift kick to my chest, losing my breath, so I gave in after almost a day of relaxation techniques. The ER doctor started me on metoprolol. Awful. They helped the symptoms, but I felt like rubbish. Dizzy, tired, my vitals were fine, but just that 10-15 point drop in my blood pressure was giving me headaches and dizziness affecting me! My resting heart rate was in the 50s, which was concerning at first, but I was asymptomatic, so no issue, it gave me anxiety though and made me restless at night. I started on 50 mg, was only taking 25 mg by the end of it after 2 weeks and was switched to propranolol. Much better after a couple of days on that medication, way fewer symptoms."
- Trec
- August 12, 2019
"Was on metoprolol for 4 weeks. I had nausea, headache, no energy, stayed in bed for 3 days straight. It also dropped my blood pressure to 90/55 & stayed in that range. After that, Dr. took me off, no taper - just cold turkey. On day 3 of no metoprolol, I ended up in the ER with rebound PVC's. I was in a constant panic attack for the first 4 days of withdrawal. It is day 7 & the panic is gone, but still have anxiety, still have a bad headache & rebound PVC's. Dr. said it could take up to 3 weeks until normal. Never would have taken if I had known."
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- Metoprolol Succinate vs Tartrate: What's the difference between them?
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- Pvc...
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- October 17, 2018
"I'm 43. I've had PVCs on and off since I was in 9th grade. I played basketball in college, and that's when they really started to be more consistent. I was prescribed Atenolol, and it helped for about 6 hours. When it wore off, they were bad. The doctor prescribed metoprolol succinate as it is an extended-release beta blocker. This medication works very well for me. People claim beta blockers don't stop the PVCs themselves, rather, the beta blockers simply numb the sensation. For me, this is not the case. It actually stops them. I take 25mg. If I have a bad day, I take an extra half. The only side effect is during intense exercise, my max HR is around 155 instead of 170. Not a huge deal as I can still push myself pretty hard."
- Jacki...
- June 3, 2010
"I've been taking metoprolol for almost 2 years to control heart PVCs (premature ventricular contractions) and it's worked great! I take 25mg 3 times a day. Many people have PVCs but I used to feel mine and they would scare me, like a sudden gush of blood through my heart or an extra thump. I've had no side effects with this medicine except that the afternoon pill can make me sleepy. But since I'm at work, I usually drink 1 diet coke or 1 cup of coffee in the afternoon to offset it. Otherwise, I only drink decaffeinated beverages the other parts of the day. Just that one boost of caffeine in the afternoon will offset the sleepiness of the metoprolol. I'm a 46-year-old female that smokes."
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- Lamb
- Taken for 10 years or more
- November 4, 2021
"I took metoprolol for 27 years with no problems, that controlled my PVCs and worked wonderfully. Inderal made it worse, so different people might need different medications to control them. I had no side effects. I wouldn't hesitate to use it again. I don't use it anymore, as I got a cardiac ablation that stopped my arrhythmias permanently."
- Beba
- July 25, 2019
"I have been on metoprolol for about 2 years now. Started at 25 mg once a day and increased now to 75 mg 2 times a day. It helps to control my heart rate and most of my palpitations (to what I now know are PVCs). It controls them for the most part. There are days that the PVCs slip through and my anxiety shoots up. The only 2 side effects I have are dozing off and a lot of weight gain. I'm 41 years old, 5 feet 2 inches tall, 228 pounds now, my highest weight ever, and started pre-menopause."
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- IMBARB
- November 7, 2015
"I'm a 72-year-old female, and I have been taking Metoprolol Tartrate for 7 years for PVCs (Premature Ventricular Contractions) of my heart and also for Tachycardia. I take 25 mg in the morning and 25 mg about 11 hours later. The medicine has stopped my PVCs and also slows down my heart rate. When I first started taking Metoprolol Tartrate, it made me very tired, but after about 2 weeks, my body got used to it, and I was fine."
- misswb
- September 2, 2015
"I find my PVCs respond better to increasing my magnesium. I take it at night, it also helps me sleep better and has an easy laxative effect in the AM. I just converted over from the 50 mg Extentabs to 25 mg twice a day. I'm hoping that the new regimen may be a little better in controlling this soccer game I have going on in my chest. I really think that the magnesium helps the most. If I don't have better results, I may try just the magnesium without the metoprolol and see if there is a difference."
- ray
- October 30, 2013
"I have PACs and PVCs, mostly related to stress and anxiety. Nothing that was overly concerning. I was medicated because the feeling of the PVCs was interfering with my quality of life. Between metoprolol, antidepressants, and PRN Ativan, I gained 40 lbs in 1.5 years. I got more depressed. I was exercising too. I stopped all meds and had no change despite amping up weights and cardio, no sugar, etc. Nothing. I stopped the metoprolol, and I dropped 16 lbs in 1.5 months. It also causes depression and weight gain as side effects. However, it is effective in treating many other conditions. I do not condone stopping medications without consulting your physician."
- Anonymous
- December 13, 2011
"I just started the Metoprolol for premature ventricular depolarizations. I was on one 25 mg pill a day and it wasn't touching it. I recently was upgraded to two 25 mg pills a day, we will see how it goes. My symptoms include rapid heartbeat while at rest and what feels like skipped beats or double beats. Most of the time they are on the aggressive side. I'm a 32-year-old male."
- Dr m
- Taken for less than 1 month
- February 28, 2022
"Might work for some, but it nearly finished me. Within 4 hours of the first minimum dosage tablet, heart rate was below 40 bpm, blood pressure was 80/40. Barely conscious. Extremely fatigued the next day. Took 1/2 of the minimum dose tablet and same response within 4 hours. Third day, took a tiny piece, maybe 1/10th of a pill, and same results. Stress echocardiogram revealed healthy heart, no blockages, and normal ejection fraction. Emergency room doctor and cardiologist said to keep taking it and increase the dose. No way in hell! Zero out of ten for me."
- magic
- October 26, 2023
"For me, metoprolol er 25mg has been magic. I was having a 9ish% burden and I’m below 1% now most days. I had read many conflicting things making it seem like beta blockers didn’t actually work, so I avoided them for a good year and was sorry I hadn’t started sooner. You will be VERY tired for 2 or 3 weeks but will more than likely get back to feeling normal. Highly recommend giving it a try. Can’t hurt to try."
- Bioha...
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- July 25, 2021
"I take Metoprolol succinate ER along with a variety of other heart meds. My cardiologist prescribed the Metoprolol at 50 mg twice daily. The drug not only is extremely effective at controlling my BP, I have also noticed almost a complete absence of PVCs. I have had PVCs for my entire life (76 yrs). As far as I can tell, I don't have any negative side effects from this beta blocker."
- Texas...
- February 8, 2016
"I'm a 50-something female, and I've been taking Toprol XL 25 mg once a day for about 10 years for PVCs. It has worked very well to control my racing heart that woke me up in the night. Occasionally, I still feel the extra/skipped beats, but they are no longer worrisome. For about the past year, I have been experiencing some shortness of breath at rest. I am wondering if this is related to the medication. Does anyone have any ideas about this?"
- Jamie
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- November 29, 2018
"It was 3 years ago I suddenly realized I was grieving a terrible loss... loss that grieved me very terribly. At 57 at that time I was very healthy, exercising regularly and eating well and taking my good health for granted, needless to say, because of the stress I was under, my blood pressure was very high, which was very unusual, and I was suffering from PVCs. I was prescribed 10 mg lisinopril and 25 mg metoprolol. As I continued to grieve, exercise and eat well, and take the medication as prescribed, my blood pressure became normal and PVCs disappeared. I went off lisinopril a year later... I'm 61 now and I'm experiencing some different stress and PVCs back with blood pressure normal. I'm a bit scared. I do have an appointment to see my nurse practitioner next week."
- Hoof...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- October 21, 2021
"I’ve been on Propafanone for about 5 years after went into Afib and haven’t had any other attacks since. All of a sudden Propafanone started giving me dizziness, got PVCs for hours on end, like felt them every other beat. Cardiologist prescribed Metoprolol 25 mg. Took it and it ruined me, BP dropped, heart rate dropped was in the ER with Hb of around 45-50 bpressure 80/40. Not good. Finally discontinued Propafanone and obviously Metoprolol. Gonna wear a heart monitor for couple of days, discussing ablation surgery. Can’t take the meds."
- JoB
- Taken for less than 1 month
- April 7, 2021
"Was given metoprolol to use prn for premature atrial contraction (PAC) and developed bloating, indigestion and intermittent constipation. Only used it at night small dose 12.5 mg. After a few weeks woke up at 2 am with severe LLQ pain and 101 fever. Was dx with diverticulitis. Very painful and heavy duty antibiotics. Not sure if this happened because of metoprolol but will never take it again. Stopped the metoprolol it never stopped the PAC’s anyway. and started on Inderal."
- IWS
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- May 4, 2022
"I'm 71 and have been on 25 mg metoprolol for nearly two years to control my PVCs. One Sunday afternoon, they were especially bad and I didn't understand what they were. When I saw that my blood pressure was unusually high as well (probably from the anxiety I felt) I went to the ER. There they did all the appropriate tests and the ongoing PVCs showed clearly on the ekg. They told me what they were and that they were very likely benign and to follow up with my doctor. He put me on the metoprolol before bed and I've been free of PVCs since. My BP which had been pretty much normal is now slightly below normal. Otherwise, I've not had any noticeable side effects. It's also very cheap and covered under my Medicare part D drug plan."
- Dale
- Taken for 10 years or more
- March 31, 2023
Toprol-XL (metoprolol) "I have been Toprol for many years. I have had no adverse reactions from it. I was born with an irregular heart beat. Since starting on Toprol I have a more normal heart beat. I always take it with breakfast."
- Gaine...
- Taken for less than 1 month
- July 5, 2023
"I had been having very frequent PVCs and had this anxious feeling. I had to wait a few days to have an ECHO. The technician said he really had to concentrate to get past all the PVCs. The ECHO was read in two hours and placed in my electronic chart. He read it and it was completely normal. He prescribed metoprolol 25 mg in the morning. Since it was the 4th of July, I couldn't get the med. Since my husband passed, I have all kinds of drugs around "just in case." I found a 50 mg and took half. Within an hour, I was feeling so much better. I am a nurse, so I know way too much about hearts. This is working for now, and if it changes, I am going to a cardiologist."
- Dan
- Taken for 1 to 2 years
- May 17, 2024
"I'm a 60 y/o male. I have two conditions, VT and PVCs. They are clearly related. Now that I understand what the symptoms are for PVCs, I've apparently had them for a really long time. The symptoms of palpitations and flutter are just a normal part of life for me. Metoprolol was prescribed for the VT, but is hopefully helping with the PVCs as well. Even with 50mg 2x/day, I'm regularly in bigeminy or trigeminy for extended periods. No reoccurrence of the VT though for a year, which is really good. They say > 30 seconds of VT is bad. Mine was 1.5 hours, so I'm assuming it's working pretty well for that. I'm still here and able to type this, so the Metoprolol gets a pretty high review as a result."
- 60...
- May 7, 2016
"I started metoprolol 12.5 mg for PVCs. The 25 mg dropped my heart rate. I still have PVCs often. Do you think the dose is too low?"
- Nim
- Taken for 1 to 6 months
- September 18, 2020
"Works wonders for my PVCs."
- Nan
- Taken for 2 to 5 years
- May 18, 2020
"Metoprolol has not worked for me and my premature ventricular depolarizations"
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"I started experiencing PVCs in 2007 during a really bad bout of depression and panic attacks. The panic attacks were daily, and this lasted about 12 weeks until my doctor put me on an antidepressant. Anyways, once I started getting them, they stuck around, and I still have them now 11 years later. I take metoprolol 100 mg 3x a day along with Amlodipine 5 mg 1x a day. Sometimes I take it 2x a day if my PVCs act up. The PVCs are really scary, but this combination of medicine does help them. When I first started getting them, I had to wear a Holter monitor for 24 hours, and I also had an echocardiogram of my heart. My doctor told me these things are benign. They don't feel benign though when it feels like my heart's gonna stop, and I'm gonna drop dead. I gave this medicine a 7 out of 10 because while it does work, I need the combination of these 2 medications to really notice a difference. I'd just like to add that I am a 38-year-old female. I've been on this medication since I was 27."