Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems
Metoprolol is used alone or together with other medicines to treat high blood pressure (hypertension)
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Key takeaways: Metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol XL) is a beta blocker used to treat conditions like high blood pressure, chest pain, and heart
Beta-blockers are widely used for the treatment of cardiovascular and noncardiovascular conditions
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Other beta blockers, such as propranolol, work on the heart but affect other parts of the body as well
General Metoprolol is a beta 1-selective (cardioselective) adrenergic receptor blocking agent
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Administer once daily
Hypertension, to lower blood pressure
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40 and NYHA Class II-IV heart failure attributable to ischemia, hypertension, or cardiomyopathy were randomized 1:1 to metoprolol succinate extended release or
It was studied in patients already receiving ACE inhibitors, diuretics, and, in the majority of cases, digitalis
Metoprolol is FDA-approved to treat angina, heart failure, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation/flutter, and hypertension
It does this by blocking tiny areas
For years, beta-blockers have been known to cause central nervous system (CNS) side effects, such as
A year ago, after having lost ~80 lbs and been able to wean myself off of all meds except 6¼ mg qd of metoprolol succinate, I had a severe atrial fibrillation-quivering which led to 30-35% ejection fraction loss
1 Hypertension - Adults - The usual initial dosage is 25 to 100 mg daily in a single dose
3 out of 10 from a total of 109 reviews for the off-label treatment of Supraventricular Tachycardia
2% of placebo patients