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Metoprolol Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Metoprolol Tartrate, Lopressor
What is Metoprolol?
Metoprolol is a beta-blocker used to treat high blood pressure and angina pectoris (chest pain). It is also used after a heart attack to improve survival. Off label it is used to treat ventricular and atrial arrhythmias; for the prevention of migraine, essential tremor and aggressive behavior.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken |
# of patients
Efficacy
|
Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (Hypertension) | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Other | 9 | 0 | |||||
| General health | 3 | 0 | |||||
| highg heart rate | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Support another treatment | 1 | 0 |
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Doctor's advice
|
2 | 40% |
|
|
Other
|
2 | 40% |
|
|
Did not seem to work
|
1 | 20% |
|
Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Report created on March 20, 2010.