Hello John319,

That happened to me as well. I had mild, well controlled asthma - 5 years ago I was put on Toprol - starting at 25mgs for HBP. Over the years it was increased to 75mg.

My asthma became awful, with breathing problems every single day. Unfortunately for me it took them too long to figure out the Beta Blocker was contributing. Even lowering the dose back to 25MG did not help. I had to be weaned off and it is in my chart that I cannot take beta blockers as they exacerbate my asthma. My pulmonoligist said that even low dose beta blockers can do this to asthmatics or people with airway problems.

I am 30 days off and still struggling with my breathing - I am praying the longer I am off it will get better - however, I am beginning to wonder if being on it so long did permanent damage to my lungs. I hope not.

My advice would be to switch to a different category of HBP meds that does not effect breathing (I heard that Diovan is a good - though I could not tolerate that one) - but many others have had success with that one.

Good luck to you - and do not wait - good breathing is very important.

Take care of yourself.

Vanessa