Created: 2006-10-13 14:13:55.0
Modified: 2010-03-25 12:08:53.0
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• If you have a life-threatening allergy, wear allergy identification at all times.
• Do not share your medicine with others and do not take anyone else's medicine.
• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children and pets.
• Most medicines can be thrown away in household trash after mixing with coffee grounds or kitty litter and sealing in a plastic bag.
• Keep a list of all your medicines (prescription, natural products, supplements, vitamins, over-the-counter) with you. Give this list to healthcare provider (doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, physician assistant).
• Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or in Canada to Health Canada's Canada Vigilance Program at 1-866-234-2345.
• Talk with healthcare provider before starting any new medicine, including over-the-counter, natural products, or vitamins.
• Do not run out of this medicine.
• Wear disease medical alert identification.
• If you have any circulation problems, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you are diabetic and have low blood sugar, talk with healthcare provider. This medicine hides the signs of low blood sugar except sweating.
• If you have liver disease, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have lung disease, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have mental illness, talk with healthcare provider.
• If you have myasthenia gravis, talk with healthcare provider.
• Check medicines with healthcare provider. This medicine may not mix well with other medicines.
• If you are taking this medicine and have high blood pressure, talk with healthcare provider before using over-the-counter products that may increase blood pressure. These include cough or cold remedies, diet pills, stimulants, ibuprofen or like products, and certain natural products or supplements.
• You may not be alert. Avoid driving, doing other tasks or activities until you see how this medicine affects you.
• Avoid alcohol (includes wine, beer, and liquor) or other medicines and natural products that slow your actions and reactions.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are pregnant or plan on getting pregnant.
• Use birth control that you can trust to prevent pregnancy while taking this medicine.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are breast-feeding.
• Feeling lightheaded, sleepy, having blurred vision, or a change in thinking clearly. Avoid driving, doing other tasks or activities that require you to be alert or have clear vision until you see how this medicine affects you.
• Feeling dizzy. Rise slowly over several minutes from sitting or lying position. Be careful climbing.
• Change in sexual ability or desire. This is usually reversible.
• Feeling tired or weak.
• Depression.
• Diarrhea.
• Slow heartbeat.
• If you suspect an overdose, call your local poison control center or emergency department immediately.
• Signs of a life-threatening reaction. These include wheezing; chest tightness; fever; itching; bad cough; blue skin color; fits; or swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Signs or symptoms of depression, suicidal thoughts, nervousness, emotional ups and downs, abnormal thinking, anxiety, or lack of interest in life.
• Severe dizziness or passing out.
• Difficulty breathing.
• Significant weight gain.
• Feeling extremely tired or weak.
• Any rash.
• No improvement in condition or feeling worse.
Apo-Metoprolol®; Betaloc®; Betaloc® Durules®; Dom-Metoprolol; Gen-Metoprolol; Lopressor®; Metoprolol Tartrate Injection, USP; Metoprolol-25; Mylan-Metoprolol (Type L); Novo-Metoprolol; Nu-Metop; PHL-Metoprolol; PMS-Metoprolol; Riva-Metoprolol; Sandoz-Metoprolol; Toprol-XL®
• Do not suddenly stop taking this medicine. To avoid side effects, you will want to slowly stop it.
• If you have an allergy to metoprolol or any other part of this medicine.
• Tell healthcare provider if you are allergic to any medicine. Make sure to tell about the allergy and how it affected you. This includes telling about rash; hives; itching; shortness of breath; wheezing; cough; swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat; or any other symptoms involved.
• If you have any of the following conditions: Poor blood flow to the legs, Raynaud's disease, or a slow heartbeat without a working pacemaker.
• If you are more than 12 weeks pregnant.
• Take this medicine at a similar time of day.
• Follow diet plan and exercise program as recommended by healthcare provider.
Short-acting products:
• Take this medicine with food.
• Tablet can be crushed and mixed with food or liquid.
• A liquid (suspension) is available if you cannot swallow pills. Shake well before use.
Long-acting products:
• Take this medicine with or without food. Take with food if it causes an upset stomach.
• Swallow whole. Do not chew or crush.
• Tablet can be broken in half.
Injection:
• This medicine is given as a shot into a vein.
• Take a missed dose as soon as possible.
• If it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and return to your regular schedule.
• Do not take a double dose or extra doses.
• Do not change dose or stop medicine. Talk with healthcare provider.
• Change in condition being treated. Is it better, worse, or about the same?
• Check blood pressure and heart rate regularly. Talk with healthcare provider.
• Store at room temperature.
• Protect tablets from moisture. Do not store in a bathroom or kitchen.
• Store liquid (suspension) at room temperature or in a refrigerator. Do not freeze. Throw away any unused portion after 2 months.
• Protect liquid (suspension) from light.
• The injection will be given to you in a healthcare setting. You will not store it at home.
• This medicine is used after a heart attack to prevent future heart attacks and lengthen life.
• This medicine is used to improve a weakened heart.
• This medicine is used to treat chest pain or pressure.
• This medicine is used to treat a fast heartbeat.
• This medicine is used to treat high blood pressure.
• This medicine is used to treat side effects caused by mood-stabilizing medicine.
• This medicine is used to prevent essential tremor.
• This medicine is used to prevent migraine headaches.
• This medicine is used to prevent performance anxiety.
• This medicine is used to treat aggressive behavior.
