Metoprolol Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Lopressor, Metoprolol Tartrate
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 | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 26 |
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3 | |||
| High blood pressure (Hypertension) | 15 |
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4 | |||
| blood pressure | 4 |
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1 | ||||
| General health | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Heart Palpitations | 3 | 0 | |||||
| enlarged aorta | 1 | 0 |
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Side Effects
Dosages
Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other
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2 | 67% |
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Doctor's advice
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1 | 33% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 8 patient evaluations
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- sukey2u2
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- sukey2u2
- 100 mg daily
- since Aug 24, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Other
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips If I don't want my heart beating 180 beats a min. I take this med. See full evaluation
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- booboo1
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Severe
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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- booboo1
- 50 mg daily
- since Mar 20, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for High blood pressure (Hypertension)
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips it seems to help regulate my bp take as needed See full evaluation
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- tired old me
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
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- tired old me
- 100 mg daily
- since May 15, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for High blood pressure (Hypertension)
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Side Effects
Mild
- See full evaluation
See all 8 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.