Metoprolol

• Metoprolol blocks some nerve messages from being received by your heart and blood vessels. As a result, your heart beats more slowly and with less pressure.
• This makes it easier for your heart to pump blood around your body.
• This helps if you have high blood pressure or fast heart rhythms (arrhythmia). Metoprolol can also help to protect the heart after a heart attack.
• Metoprolol is one of a family of medicines called beta-blockers.

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https://patient.info/medicine/metoprolol-a-beta-blocker

https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/search?q=metoprolol

Research studies have looked at how likely it is that Metoprolol will reduce risk of death due in people with  mild to severe heart failure.

Research suggests:

In a group of 28 patients with mild to severe heart failure, Metoprolol will prevent one person  from this group (on average) from dying over a period of one year.

This picture illustrates how likely it is that a person taking Metoprolol will  get this benefit.

It is not possible to tell what will happen to you as an individual.

Find out more about this research at: 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10376614

(Tooltip - Mean age of patients in this study was 64 years. Current treatment included a combination of ACE inhibitors, Angiotensin receptor blockers and diuretics. . Metoprolol dose was 200 mg/day)

You can discuss with your health professional  the possible side effects and other risks Metoprolol might have.

Side-effects are unwanted affects that can happen to your body when taking a medicine. 

Not everyone will get side-effects. These usually improve as your body adjusts to the new medicine, but speak with your doctor or pharmacist if any of the following side-effects persist or worry you.

Here are some of the common side-effects of Metoprolol - which affect less than 1 in 10 people:

• Feeling dizzy, tired or light-headed
• Feeling or being sick
• Headache
• Slow heartbeat, feeling breathless, cold hands or feet

There are other side-effects that are less common or rare. 

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