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I am 25 years old and am on metoprolol 100mg twice a day and florinef (fludrocortisone). will being on this much metoprolol at my age have harmful effects later on?
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No: Metoprolol has no accumulation or long term toxicity. Countless people have taken it for decades to treat high blood pressure, arrhythmias, and/or coronary artery disease.
Answered 4/17/2018
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