A 18-year-old female asked:
what should a doctor consider before giving a patient metoprolol for heart palpitations due to too much adrenaline?
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Dr. Jesse Krakauer answered
44 years experience Endocrinology
An endocrinologist: B"sd It is essential to define the nature and source of the excess "adrenaline", which usually refers to normetanephrine (NE) and less commonly but much more dangerous epinephrine (E). Metoprolol is a selective beta blocker which can counter the effects of excess NE. However, E is both beta and alpha. In conditions of E excess metoprolol can result in paradoxical severe hypertension emergency
Answered on Apr 22, 2016
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Dr. Ira Katz commented
23 years experience Endocrinology
If it is true excess catecholamines (epinephrine or norepinephrine), this treatment could be extremely dangerous and life threatening and the condition should be treated by a doctor, usually an endocrinologist, experienced it's treatment.
Apr 22, 2016
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