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[wittylorrie]

I hope this is the correct forum.
I recently had a pacemaker implanted for BradyCardia along with that I started taking Toprol XL 25mil. Its been approx 2 months since starting this med for speeding heart rate. Since I have been taking this my vision during the day is very fuzzy, at night its horrible. I have curtailed driving at night because everything is blending together. I am also feeling very unbalanced not dizzy per say but woozy. Last week I was feeling a woozy episode while applying makeup and noticed my left eye pupil was totally dilated where the right was not, it lasted about 20min. I am also getting what I would call headache behind my eyes almost sore. Today I had the same headache along with stiffness in the neck. All of the sudden I had this weird prism streak in my right eye. Not straight in the pupil but off to the top middle. Within this prism there was no sight?? If I looked at my fingers or computer keys it was a blur through this prism or streak and clear elsewhere. It lasted maybe 15min and went away where slowly my eyes started hurting and then I was left with a dull ache behind both eyes. What the heck?? Is it the Toprol XL. I will mention I went to the optometrist at the beginning thinking my vision was just bad. I got eyeglasses. They are not helping hardly at all the blurriness and the night vision is still bad.
Any comments would sure be appreciated.
Oh I am a 56 female that has never been on medication till now. Yes I smoke, no I do not drink.
Thank you.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Toprol is a beta blocker. While beta blockers cause lots of problems in some people none you list are common. Yes see an Ophthalmologist  

Jch MD

[wittylorrie]

Wow, That never entered my mind. I am assuming it was the Toprol because I had none of these symptoms prior to taking this medication. I tend to be low/normal blood pressure I average 118/76 also very up and down since this medication but it has not gone above 138/87  I completely coherent at all times, no speech problem or numbness. My symptoms in a nut shell are woozy, bad vision(blurry), sore eyeball(behind), dilated one pupil maybe more often but I just happen to see it in the mirror that day and the one time streak thing. I woke up with the sore eyeballs this morning.
I will make an appt with a Opthamologist, this is the specialty correct?
Thank you very much Doc " I think ;) "

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Your problem could be a TIA  due to disease of eye, heart, brain, blood vessels or by exclusion an eye migraine

Use the search feature and archives to learn more. See an Eye MD. Find one at www.aao.org

JCH MD