Metoprolol

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1. Indication:

  • Treats high blood pressure, angina (chest pain), and heart failure.
  • May lower the risk of death after a heart attack.

2. Instruction to use (How is this drug best taken)

  • Take your medicine as directed. Your dose may need to be changed several times to find what works best for you.
  • Take this medicine with a meal or right after a meal. Take this medicine the same way every day, at the same time.
  • Swallow the extended-release capsule whole. Do not crush, break, or chew it.

3. Drug-Drug Interaction:

Tell your doctor if you are using any of the following:

  • Clonidine, digoxin, dipyridamole, epinephrine, guanethidine, hydralazine, hydroxychloroquine, methyldopa, prazosin, quinidine, reserpine
  • MAO inhibitor or medicine to treat depression (including bupropion, clomipramine, desipramine, fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, paroxetine, sertraline)
  • Medicine to treat heart rhythm problems (including propafenone)
  • Medicine to treat HIV/AIDS (including ritonavir)
  • Medicine to treat infection (including terbinafine)
  • Medicine to treat mental illness (including chlorpromazine, fluphenazine, haloperidol, thioridazine)
  • Other blood pressure medicine (including amlodipine, diltiazem, verapamil)

 4. Side effects

May include tiredness, depression, shortness of breath, bradycardia, hypotension, diarrhea, pruritus, and rash

5. Precaution

This medicine may cause the following problems:

  • Increased risk for hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and cover up the symptoms of low blood sugar (including fast heartbeat)
  • Do not stop using this medicine suddenly without asking your doctor, or you could develop life-threatening heart problems.
  • Tell any doctor or dentist who treats you that you are using this medicine, especially before you have any type of surgery.
  • This medicine may make you dizzy, drowsy, or lightheaded. Do not drive or do anything else that could be dangerous until you know how this medicine affects you.