What is metoprolol er succinate 25 mg used for?

This medication is a beta-blocker used to treat chest pain (angina), heart failure, and high blood pressure. Lowering high blood pressure helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems.

What is metoprolol ER 25mg tab?

Metoprolol Succinate ER is a beta-blocker that affects the heart and circulation (blood flow through arteries and veins). Metoprolol Succinate ER is used to treat angina (chest pain) and hypertension (high blood pressure). It is also used to lower your risk of death or needing to be hospitalized for heart failure.

What color is metoprolol 25 mg?

Metoprolol Tartrate Tablets, USP are available containing 25 mg, 50 mg, or 100 mg of metoprolol tartrate, USP. The 25 mg tablets are film-coated, pink colored, round, biconvex tablets debossed with R 25 on one side and scored on the other side.

Can metoprolol ER be taken at night?

Metoprolol slows down your heart rate and makes it easier for your heart to pump blood around your body. Your very first dose of metoprolol may make you feel dizzy, so take it at bedtime. If you don’t feel dizzy after that, you can take it in the morning.

What is the maximum dosage for metoprolol ER?

Beginning metoprolol dosage: 1 milligrams/kilogram can be given one time in a day with dosage not exceeding 50 milligrams once in a day. Maximum dosage is not to exceed one half of the 25 milligrams tablet. Maintenance dosage: Dosage levels are to be adjusted only after checking the blood pressure response and levels.

What are the long term effects of metoprolol?

Metoprolol has no known long term side effects. It also has not harmed you in any way by taking this medication. If you have high blood pressure the medicine ought to be continued. If it was just for skipped beats, then it should be OK to slowly taper it.

Why to take metoprolol?

Metoprolol is used to treat angina (chest pain) and hypertension (high blood pressure). Metoprolol is also used to lower your risk of death or needing to be hospitalized for heart failure. Metoprolol injection is used during the early phase of a heart attack to lower the risk of death.

What are the signs of an overdose of metoprolol?

Investigations. Poisoning due to an overdose of metoprolol may lead to severe hypotension, sinus bradycardia, atrioventricular block, heart failure, cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest, bronchospasm, impairment of consciousness, coma, nausea, vomiting, cyanosis, hypoglycaemia and, occasionally, hyperkalaemia.