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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 186 42 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Hypertension 116 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 55 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Heart arrhythmias 13 1 Efficacy_major
General health 11 0
Heart rate increased 11 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate

See all 451 patients currently taking Metoprolol

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 12
Moderate
 6
Mild
 12
None
 46

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

Low blood pressure 4
Fatigue 4
Slowed heart rate 2
Increased fatigue 2
Depressed mood 2
Sleepiness 2
See all 24 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Metoprolol. See all 24 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 5 Number of Patients: 5 87 Number of Patients: 87 148 Number of Patients: 148 7 Number of Patients: 7 129 Number of Patients: 129 10 Number of Patients: 10 44 Number of Patients: 44 4 Number of Patients: 4 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 27   Doctor's advice: 43%
Other 16   Other: 25%
Side effects too severe 14   Side effects too severe: 22%
Did not seem to work 11   Did not seem to work: 17%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 6%
Expense 1   Expense: 2%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 2%

See all 61 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
 66 87%
Usually
 3 4%
Sometimes
 1 1%
Never
 6 8%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Metoprolol

Very
 1 1%
Somewhat
 3 4%
A little
 6 8%
Not at all
 66 87%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Metoprolol

$200+
 1 2%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 1 2%
$25-49
 5 10%
< $25
 43 86%

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Report created on February 11, 2012.