So... hubby went and picked up my meds today and 10 bottles of them. UGH!
Sorry I posted and ran....was freezing corn and had to run lol
When I said keep a chart I meant keep track of the brand of metropolol you are given at the pharmacy, there are several companies that make it and they are not all the same. Ethex Corp was pulled from the shelves here in NC...did not meet FDA regulations...Par Pharms is another generic metoprolol I had a lot of side effects from. Keep track of the brand you are given and note how they make you feel. I've been into it about a year and finally feel normal after 3 months of Topral XL Brand. Before.. I was sleeping sometimes 18 hrs a day, had stomach and gastro problems, headaches, and dangerously fluctuating BP and heart rate, and uncontrollable depression. My energy level was zero. I had no idea this med was causing all the problems...my Dr nor pharmacy told me a thing I saw it on the news and researched myself
Thanks for the info. Will look into it. I've always taken the Mylan brand. For the 50mg tablets, they're pink and say "M 32" on the plain side and scored on the other. Never had a problem with them. The 25mg Mylan tablets are white and say "M 18" on the plain side.
[QUOTE=JasmineRain]Joonie, I take 50mg metoprolol tartrate (the immediate-release version) twice a day, every day for suppression of wacky arrhythmia, and I take 1/2 tablet (25mg) as needed for breakthrough palpitations. It works well for me. Occasionally I need to take a xanax (0.25mg) because the metoprolol won't totally suppress the palpitations, but that's usually when I'm way too stressed over stupid crap and/or drinking way too much caffeine and not getting enough sleep (goes hand-in-hand with stress!!!).
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Are these because of your RA or something else? This is exactly what I have been having lately. Most of the time it's a bedtime when I try to lay on my side, but I also get it when I am doing nothing but watching tv.
Naw, it's something I've had for a long time. I've been through the whole barrage of cardiac tests - all come back saying it's just an annoying but benign arrhythmia.
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