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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.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Elevated blood pressure 195 43 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypertension 170 15 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 65 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Atrial Fibrillation 17 4 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Tachycardia (fast heart rate) 14 2 Efficacy_major
Heart arrhythmias 13 1 Efficacy_major

See all 528 patients currently taking Metoprolol

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 12
Moderate
 6
Mild
 13
None
 54

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Metoprolol

Fatigue 4
Low blood pressure 4
Sleepiness 2
Slowed heart rate 2
Increased fatigue 2
Swelling in legs, feet and ankles 2
See all 27 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Metoprolol. See all 25 dosages ►

  1 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 25 mg daily 50 mg daily 75 mg daily 100 mg daily 150 mg daily 200 mg daily 300 mg daily 400 mg daily
  10 Number of Patients: 10 9 Number of Patients: 9 98 Number of Patients: 98 178 Number of Patients: 178 7 Number of Patients: 7 152 Number of Patients: 152 12 Number of Patients: 12 51 Number of Patients: 51 6 Number of Patients: 6 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Metoprolol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 33   Doctor's advice: 46%
Other 18   Other: 25%
Side effects too severe 15   Side effects too severe: 21%
Did not seem to work 11   Did not seem to work: 15%
Course of treatment ended 5   Course of treatment ended: 7%
Change in health plan coverage 2   Change in health plan coverage: 3%
Expense 1   Expense: 1%

See all 69 patients who’ve stopped taking Metoprolol

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Metoprolol

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Metoprolol

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Metoprolol

Always
 74 87%
Usually
 5 6%
Sometimes
 1 1%
Never
 5 6%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Metoprolol

Very
 1 1%
Somewhat
 3 4%
A little
 8 9%
Not at all
 73 86%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Metoprolol

$200+
 1 2%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 2%
$25-49
 5 9%
< $25
 46 87%

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Report created on May 26, 2012.