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Below are Lopressor (Metoprolol) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 2 ratings/reviews, Lopressor has an overall score of 4.50. The effectiveness score is 8 and the side effect score is 5. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence. | | Lopressor review by 39 year old female patient | | | Rating |
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| Effectiveness: | | Highly Effective |
| Side effects: | | Mild Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | high blood pressure |
| Dosage & duration: | | 50 mg taken once daily for the period of 10 yrs |
| Other conditions: | | acid reflux |
| Other drugs taken: | | prilosec | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | rapid heart beat stoped, and blood pressure went down. |
| Side effects: | | tired and dizzy at first |
| Comments: | | Take once daily. |
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| | Lopressor review by 34 year old female patient | | | Rating |
| Overall rating: | | |
| Effectiveness: | | Moderately Effective |
| Side effects: | | Extremely Severe Side Effects | | |
Treatment Info |
| Condition / reason: | | High Blood pressure |
| Dosage & duration: | | 25mg taken may 6, 2011 to present for the period of presently/in weening off process |
| Other conditions: | | none |
| Other drugs taken: | | none---first time | | |
Reported Results |
| Benefits: | | It did lower my blood presure, but the 25mg dose that I was taking was too strong for me. |
| Side effects: | | I was extremely tired, dizziness, slight headaches, and developed shortness of breath from time to time, aching extremities. |
| Comments: | | 25mg once a day, then 12.5, and now 6.5 until im off. I'm hoping that I can start a natural approach to lowering my BP, because this medicine has made cmy health worse |
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