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What Are The Side Effects Of Toprol XL?
Question: Yes, What are the side effects for Toprol?
Brief Answer:
side effects occur in 10% or less
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
Toprol belongs in the family of medications called beta blockers. The actual name of the active ingredient is metoprolol.
It is used in high blood pressure, heart failure, after a heart attack, angina (intermittent reduced blood supply to parts of the heart), among other illnesses.
For high blood pressure, the strength may be up to 100mg in some persons.
Side effects according to medscape professional site include dizziness, headache, fatigue (these occur in 10 % of persons), itching, rash, diarrhea (these occur in 5%), shortness of breath (1-3%), cold fingers/toes, constipation,indigestion (1%)
Side effects occur in the minority but if they do occur and they are intolerable,then it can be changed to another medication.
If your blood pressure is elevated in your doctors office only (this is called white coat hypertension), then it may be elevated when it is time for surgery unless it is persistently controlled
This may affect the surgery outcome.
If you can take the medication with no effects then you may want to consider this but if problems occur, then it can be changed
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
side effects occur in 10% or less
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
Toprol belongs in the family of medications called beta blockers. The actual name of the active ingredient is metoprolol.
It is used in high blood pressure, heart failure, after a heart attack, angina (intermittent reduced blood supply to parts of the heart), among other illnesses.
For high blood pressure, the strength may be up to 100mg in some persons.
Side effects according to medscape professional site include dizziness, headache, fatigue (these occur in 10 % of persons), itching, rash, diarrhea (these occur in 5%), shortness of breath (1-3%), cold fingers/toes, constipation,indigestion (1%)
Side effects occur in the minority but if they do occur and they are intolerable,then it can be changed to another medication.
If your blood pressure is elevated in your doctors office only (this is called white coat hypertension), then it may be elevated when it is time for surgery unless it is persistently controlled
This may affect the surgery outcome.
If you can take the medication with no effects then you may want to consider this but if problems occur, then it can be changed
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
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