Metoprolol tartrate

🧮 Dose calculator

Hypertension · Regimen source: FDA Metoprolol tartrate · 2.1

• • Effective range 100–450 mg/day; above 450 not studied. With food. FDA Metoprolol tartrate · 2.1

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👥 Special populations

• 🤰 PregnancyUse with caution

  Label states no clear risk or has limited data; use only if needed, under medical advice. FDA Metoprolol tartrate · 8.1

  “Risk Summary Available data from published observational studies have not demonstrated an association of adverse developmental outcomes with maternal use of metoprolol during pregnancy ( see Data).”

• 🤱 BreastfeedingUse with caution

  Label: use with caution while breastfeeding; see the label text. FDA Metoprolol tartrate · 8.2

  “Risk Summary Limited available data from published literature report that metoprolol is present in human milk.”

• 👶 ChildrenUse with caution

  The label has conditions, age limits or notes for children; the label sentence is quoted below. FDA Metoprolol tartrate · 8.4

  “Safety and effectiveness of metoprolol tartrate have not been established in pediatric patients.”

• 👴 Older adultsUse with caution

  Label: use with caution in older adults, usually starting at the low end of the dose range. FDA Metoprolol tartrate · 8.5

  “Clinical studies of metoprolol tartrate in hypertension did not include sufficient numbers of subjects aged 65 and over to determine whether they respond differently from younger subjects.”

• ⚥ Females & males of reproductive potentialUse with caution

  Label has advice on pregnancy testing, contraception or fertility for females and males. FDA Metoprolol tartrate · 8.3

  “In animal fertility studies, metoprolol has been associated with reversible adverse effects on spermatogenesis starting at oral dose level of 3.5 mg/kg in rats, which would correspond to a dose of 34 mg/day in humans in mg/m 2 equivalent, although other studies have shown no effect of metoprolol on reproductive …”