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Good day i have been prescibe metoprolol for ectopic heartbeats by my cardiologist 20mg twice a day but getting immense stomach pain is there anything else i can take with fewer side effects. normal stress ecg, normal echo less 1% burden 24hr?
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Yes but you must discuss with your cardiologist. GI side effects are rare with BBS. Go to drugs.com and entered all drugs u r taking and see if they are interactions with other meds that would cause gi issues.
Answered 2/12/2022
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I'm not familiar with the 20 mg strength of metoprolol but have prescribed 25 or 50 mgs of it numerous times. I would consider abdominal pain a rare side effect. If you're taking the tartrate salt try switching to the succinate extended release form which you'd take once a day, but only if your prescribing physician agrees. Atenolol is another beta blocker to try.
Answered 2/16/2022
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