How should I take metoprolol If I have high blood pressure?

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How should I take metoprolol If I have high blood pressure?​

If you have high blood pressure, keep using metoprolol even if you feel well. High blood pressure often has no symptoms. You may need to use this medicine for the rest of your life. Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat. Metoprolol injection is given as an infusion into a vein.

What happens when you stop taking metoprolol?​

Suddenly stopping metoprolol may cause chest pain or heart attack. Your doctor will probably decrease your dose gradually. Why is this medication prescribed? Metoprolol is used alone or in combination with other medications to treat high blood pressure. It also is used to prevent angina (chest pain) and to improve survival after a heart attack.
How long does it take for metoprolol to start working?
Your doctor may start you on a low dose of metoprolol and gradually increase your dose. Metoprolol controls high blood pressure and angina but does not cure them. Metoprolol extended-release tablets control heart failure but does not cure it. It may take a few weeks before you feel the full benefit of metoprolol.

How much metoprolol can you take for angina pectoris?​

Usual Adult Dose for Angina Pectoris: Initial dose: -Metoprolol tartrate immediate release tablets: 50 mg orally twice a day -Metoprolol succinate extended release tablets: 100 mg orally once a day Maintenance dose: 100 to 400 mg per day.

How many metoprolol tartrate tablets can you take in a day?​

-Metoprolol tartrate immediate release tablets: 50 mg orally twice a day -Metoprolol succinate extended release tablets: 100 mg orally once a day Maintenance dose: 100 to 400 mg per day. Usual Adult Dose for Myocardial Infarction:
How often should I take metoprolol succinate for heart failure?
Maintenance dose: 100 mg orally twice a day. Usual Adult Dose for Congestive Heart Failure: Metoprolol Succinate Extended Release Tablets: 25 mg orally once a day (12.5 mg orally once a day in patients with more severe heart failure); double dose every 2 weeks to highest tolerated dose or up to 200 mg orally once a day.

Metoprolol 25 MG Tablet is prescribed to patients to improve heart function and control blood flow through the vessels. The drug helps in the treatment of hypertension, that is, high blood pressure and angina, that is, chest pain.
Moreover, extended-release (long-acting) metoprolol is also used in combination with other medications to treat heart failure. It is marketed under the brand name Lopresor® by Novartis, and Toprol® (in the USA), Seleken® or Selokeen® (elsewhere), Betaloc® by AstraZeneca, and as Corvitol® by Berlin-Chemie AG.