My aunt is taking Toprol, yesterday she received a generic refill from the pharmacy, and she said that "the new pill" was making her feet colder than the original. Could this be because of the generic form?

I used to work at a pharmacy as a ast. Manager of the front part with all the food and stuff, but it was 24 hours and I would talk to the pharmacist allot. And one thing I gleamed from them is that even though the ingredients are the same the quality of the ingredients may not be. This could be why she is experiencing more sideffects. But since it is for HBP it seems that it is working better than before (maybe too well) If it is a big deal you can call a 24 hour pharmacy (including the one at the hospital) it does not matter if you are a customer, the pharmacist will be glad to speak to you about it.

Probably not because of the generic form. I would ask her some other questions about anything else that might be different other than about the drug. I am assuming that the dosage was exactly the same when the switch was made from the brand name one to the generic one.

The following sites has some good information on this.

Generic-RX.net - Generic pills versus brand name.

Toprol Information from Drugs.com

Matt may be correct about the quality. I have not seen anything concerning the government standards that the quality of the ingrediants needed to be the same.

Thank you

Toprol otherwise known as metoprolol comes in several forms Toprol-XL and Toprol-XR.

Check to see which one she was prescribed and which one she actually got. There is a difference.

Her original bottle was Toprol -XR, the generic she got is Metoprolol Succ Er , both 25mg
She called her dr. and got Toprol -XR, again.


What did the SUCC ER stand for? Hopefully not sucker!

LMAO Michelle!!

It stands for Succinate, Extended Release.

She may have been taking the tartrate rather than the SUCC ER. Which would make sense with the reactions to her meds.

I think.:o

Hello, if you have the time, what does lmao stand for?

J9 was referring to your commit about "hopefully not sucker"

LMAO ( laughing my a.. Off)

I don't do much internet slang but I know that one.

I have always sworn the prescriptions said, I have gotten my 100 dollars, it is time for you to get yours, give them some sugar pills.

Great! I love to make people laugh... thanks for the info.