Re: Toprol

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In a message dated 2/11/2002 5:08:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,

diann@... writes:

> My dose is 400mg per day, plus 250mcg of digoxin. Rate control is

> reasonable at the moment. No side effects that I am aware of. I am in

> permanent Afib, though. Don't know what the dose would be like if my heart

> were in sinus rhythm. I had nasal drip long before I started taking the

> metaprolol. I would have responded earlier but I didn't realise the toprol

> and metaprolol were the same thing. The common brand name over here is

> Betaloc.

>

>

thank you for your reply-wonder what if any reason for nasal drip is-

jerry

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> In a message dated 2/11/2002 5:08:02 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> diann@f... writes:

>

>

> > My dose is 400mg per day, plus 250mcg of digoxin. Rate control

is

> > reasonable at the moment. No side effects that I am aware of. I

am in

> > permanent Afib, though. Don't know what the dose would be like

if my heart

> > were in sinus rhythm. I had nasal drip long before I started

taking the

> > metaprolol. I would have responded earlier but I didn't realise

the toprol

> > and metaprolol were the same thing. The common brand name over

here is

> > Betaloc.

I take toprol xl at 37.5 mg a day. No question but that it

suppresses a lot of extra beats. But it makes me lethargic, unable

to exercise much, somewhat short of breath, and depressed. It also

has caused some thinning of my hair. The doc says the hair thinning

would reverse if I stopped the med, but I didn't ask if it became

premanent after some time on the drug. (I'm female). I believe

toprol xl is an extended release form of metaprolol.