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About Metolar-XR 100 Capsule
Metolar-XR 100 Capsule is used in the treatment of high blood pressure (hypertension), heart-related chest pain (angina), and irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia). Hypertension is a lifelong or chronic condition in which the force exerted by the blood against the artery walls becomes so high that it leads to heart disease.
Metolar-XR 100 Capsule contains 'Metoprolol', which helps in slowing down the heart rate, making it easier for the heart to pump blood throughout the body.
Not everyone who is taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule will get these side effects. In some cases, Metolar-XR 100 Capsule may cause certain common side effects like dizziness, tiredness, diarrhoea, stomach pain, nausea, and headache. Most of these side effects do not require medical attention and resolve gradually over time. However, if the side effects are persistent, reach out to your doctor.
You can take Metolar-XR 100 Capsule with food or without food. It should be swallowed as a whole with a glass of water. Do not chew, bite, crush, or break it. Your doctor will advise you on how often you should take your tablets based on your medical condition. It is always important to complete your treatment course for better results.
Inform your doctor if you are allergic to Metolar-XR 100 Capsule . Also, let your doctor know if you have low blood pressure, asthma, overactive thyroid, metabolic acidosis, or severe blood circulation problems. Consult your doctor before taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Metolar-XR 100 Capsule is not recommended for use in children. Metolar-XR 100 Capsule may cause dizziness, so drive with caution.
Uses of Metolar-XR 100 Capsule
Metolar-XR 100 Capsule is used in the treatment of High blood pressure (hypertension), prevention of heart-related chest pain (angina), heart rhythm disorder (arrhythmia), and heart attack (myocardial infarction). The detailed uses of Metolar-XR 100 Capsule are as follows:
- Treatment of Hypertension: Metolar-XR 100 Capsule controls high blood pressure by reducing the heart rate and the force of contraction, thereby lowering blood pressure.
- Prevention of Heart-related Chest Pain: Metolar-XR 100 Capsule prevents chest pain (angina) by reducing the workload on the heart and improving blood flow to the heart muscle.
- Control of Abnormal Heart Rhythms: Metolar-XR 100 Capsule helps manage irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias) by slowing the heart rate and stabilising the heart's rhythm, reducing symptoms and improving heart function.
- Management of Heart Attack: Metolar-XR 100 Capsule is used to manage heart attack (myocardial infarction) by reducing the workload on the heart and preventing further damage.
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Directions for Use
- Metolar-XR 100 Capsule should be taken with or immediately after a meal for better absorption.
- It is usually taken 2-3 times daily at the same time each day or as prescribed by your doctor.
- Swallow Metolar-XR 100 Capsule as a whole with a glass of water.
- Do not crush, chew, open, or break it.
Key Benefits
- Metolar-XR 100 Capsule helps in slowing down the heart rate, making it easier for the heart to pump blood throughout the body.
- This medicine lowers the blood pressure and helps in reducing the risk of having a stroke, heart attack, or other heart or kidney problems in the future.
- Metolar-XR 100 Capsule may also help in relieving symptoms of migraine-related headache and tremors (fits).
How Metolar-XR 100 Capsule Works
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- Rest well; get enough sleep.
- Eat a balanced diet and drink enough water.
- Manage stress with yoga and meditation.
- Limit alcohol and caffeine.
- Physical activities like walking or jogging might help boost energy and make you feel less tired.
- Inform your doctor about dizziness symptoms. They may adjust your medication regimen or prescribe additional medications to manage symptoms.
- Follow your doctor's instructions for taking medication, and take it at the same time every day to minimize dizziness.
- When standing up, do so slowly and carefully to avoid sudden dizziness.
- Avoid making sudden movements, such as turning or bending quickly, which can exacerbate dizziness.
- Drink plenty of water throughout the day to stay hydrated and help alleviate dizziness symptoms.
- If you're feeling dizzy, sit or lie down and rest until the dizziness passes.
- Track when dizziness occurs and any factors that may trigger it, and share this information with your doctor to help manage symptoms.
- Remember, managing depression as a side effect of medication requires patience, persistence, and collaboration with your healthcare team.
- Tell your doctor about your depression symptoms to adjust medication.
- Consult a therapist or counsel for emotional support.
- Engage in regular exercise to release endorphins (neurotransmitters).
- Practice stress-reducing techniques like meditation and deep breathing.
- Build a support network of friends, family, and support groups.
- Establish a consistent sleep schedule.
- Eat a nutritious diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
- Limit or avoid alcohol and recreational substances.
- Keep a mood journal to track symptoms and progress.
- Exercising regularly helps lower the risk of heart problems.
- Maintain a healthy diet, including vegetables and fruits.
- Rest well; get enough sleep.
- Manage stress with yoga and meditation.
- Limit alcohol and smoking.
- If you experience low blood pressure symptoms like dizziness, lightheadedness, or fainting while taking medication, seek immediate medical attention.
- Make lifestyle modifications and adjust your medication regimen under medical guidance to manage low blood pressure.
- As your doctor advises, regularly check your blood pressure at home. Record your readings to detect any changes and share them with your doctor.
- Fluid intake plays a vital role in managing blood pressure by maintaining blood volume, regulating blood pressure, and supporting blood vessel function. Drinking enough fluids helps prevent dehydration, maintain electrolyte balance, and regulate fluid balance.
- Take regular breaks to sit or lie down if you need to stand for long periods.
- When lying down, elevate your head with extra pillows to help improve blood flow.
- Avoid heavy exercise or strenuous activities that can worsen low blood pressure.
- Wear compression socks as your doctor advises to enhance blood flow, reduce oedema, and control blood pressure.
- If symptoms persist or worsen, or if you have concerns about your condition, seek medical attention for personalized guidance and care.
- Inform Your Doctor: Notify your doctor immediately about your diarrhoea symptoms. This allows them to adjust your medication or provide guidance on managing side effects.
- Stay Hydrated: Drink plenty of fluids to replace lost water and electrolytes. Choose water, clear broth, and electrolyte-rich drinks. Avoid carbonated or caffeinated beverages to effectively rehydrate your body.
- Follow a Bland Diet: Eat easy-to-digest foods to help firm up your stool and settle your stomach. Try incorporating bananas, rice, applesauce, toast, plain crackers, and boiled vegetables into your diet.
- Avoid Trigger Foods: Steer clear of foods that can worsen diarrhoea, such as spicy, fatty, or greasy foods, high-fibre foods, and dairy products (especially if you're lactose intolerant).
- Practice Good Hygiene: Maintain good hygiene to prevent the spread of infection. To stay healthy, wash your hands frequently, clean and disinfect surfaces regularly, and avoid exchanging personal belongings with others.
- Take Anti-Diarrheal Medications: If your doctor advises, anti-diarrheal medications such as loperamide might help manage diarrhoea symptoms. Always follow your doctor's directions.
- Keep track of your diarrhoea symptoms. If they don't get better or worse or are accompanied by severe stomach pain, blood, or dehydration signs (like extreme thirst or dark urine), seek medical help.
- Report the itching to your doctor immediately; they may need to change your medication or dosage.
- Use a cool, damp cloth on the itchy area to help soothe and calm the skin, reducing itching and inflammation.
- Keep your skin hydrated and healthy with gentle, fragrance-free moisturizers.
- Try not to scratch, as this can worsen the itching and irritate your skin.
- If your doctor prescribes, you can take oral medications or apply topical creams or ointments to help relieve itching.
- Track your itching symptoms and follow your doctor's guidance to adjust your treatment plan if needed. If the itching persists, consult your doctor for further advice.
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Drug Warnings
- Do not take Metolar-XR 100 Capsule if you are allergic to Metolar-XR 100 Capsule or any other beta-blockers.
- Avoid taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule if you have/had heart conduction, rhythm problems, uncontrolled/severe heart failure, blocked blood vessels, blood circulation problems, untreated pheochromocytoma, metabolic acidosis, low blood pressure, or prinzmetal angina.
- Inform your doctor if you have asthma, COPD, diabetes, blood vessel disorder, slow heart rate, pheochromocytoma, myasthenia gravis, dry eye problems, kidney or liver impairment; if you are taking anti-depressants, other blood pressure-lowering medicines, or anti-arrhythmic agents.
- Consult your doctor before taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Metolar-XR 100 Capsule is not recommended for children as safety and efficacy have not been established.
- Metolar-XR 100 Capsule may cause dizziness, so drive with caution.
- Don't stop taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule without consulting your doctor. Suddenly stopping the use of Metolar-XR 100 Capsule may cause changes in your heart rhythm and blood pressure, cause chest pain, or a heart attack. Your doctor will gradually lower your dose to help prevent these symptoms.
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Both Metolar-XR 100 Capsule and Artemether may increase the blood levels and effects of Metolar-XR 100 Capsule activity.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule and Artemether together can possibly result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. However, if you experience blurry vision, confusion, dizziness, fainting, lightheadedness, nausea or vomiting, contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Use of Metolar-XR 100 Capsule with Atazanavir may increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm.
How to manage the interaction:
Although there may be an interaction between Metolar-XR 100 Capsule and Atazanavir, it can be taken if prescribed by the doctor. Consult the doctor if you experience dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, or irregular heartbeat, contact your doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Coadministration of Metolar-XR 100 Capsule with Diltiazem can increase the side effects.
How to manage the interaction:
Although there is a possible interaction between Metolar-XR 100 Capsule and Diltiazem, you can take these medicines together if prescribed by your doctor. Consult your doctor immediately if you experience fatigue, headache, fainting, swelling of the extremities, weight gain, shortness of breath, chest pain, increased or decreased heartbeat, or irregular heartbeat. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Coadministration of Metolar-XR 100 Capsule and Tizanidine may reduce the efficiency of Metolar-XR 100 Capsule.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule and Tizanidine together can possibly result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. However, if you experience blurry vision, confusion, dizziness, fainting, lightheadedness, nausea or vomiting, contact your doctor immediately. do not discontinue any medications without talking to your doctor.
Taking elvitegravir may increase the metabolism of Metolar-XR 100 Capsule.
How to manage the interaction:
Although there may be an interaction, Metolar-XR 100 Capsule can be taken with Elvitegravir if prescribed by the doctor. Consult the doctor if you experience dizziness, palpitations, fainting, slow or fast pulse, or irregular heartbeats. Do not discontinue any medications without talking to your doctor.
Coadministration of Metolar-XR 100 Capsule with Verapamil may lead to increased side effects.
How to manage the interaction:
Although there may be an interaction, Metolar-XR 100 Capsule can be taken with Verapamil if prescribed by the doctor. Consult a prescriber if you experience fatigue, headache, fainting, swelling of the extremities, weight gain, shortness of breath, chest pain, increased or decreased heartbeat, or irregular heartbeat. Do not discontinue any medications without a doctor's advice.
Co-administration of Clonidine and Metolar-XR 100 Capsule may lower blood pressure and slow the heart rate.
How to manage the interaction:
Although there is a possible interaction between Clonidine and Metolar-XR 100 Capsule, you can take these medicines together if prescribed by your doctor. However, if you experience headaches, slow heartbeat, dizziness, or feeling like you might pass out, contact your doctor. Do not stop using any medications without first talking to your doctor.
Using Metolar-XR 100 Capsule and Saquinavir can increase the risk of an irregular heart rhythm.
How to manage the interaction:
There may be a possible interaction between Metolar-XR 100 Capsule and Saquinavir, but they can be taken together if your doctor has prescribed them. However, consult a doctor immediately if you experience dizziness, lightheadedness, fainting, slow pulse, or irregular heartbeat. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Coadministration of Aminophylline with Metolar-XR 100 Capsule together can make Metolar-XR 100 Capsule less effective and increase the effects of aminophylline.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Aminophylline with Metolar-XR 100 Capsule may lead to an interaction, it can be taken only if a doctor has advised it. If you experience nausea, vomiting, sleeplessness, restlessness, irregular heartbeats, or difficulty in breathing, contact a doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
Coadministration of Acebutolol with Metolar-XR 100 Capsule can cause abnormal heart rhythm.
How to manage the interaction:
Taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule and Acebutolol together can possibly result in an interaction, it can be taken if your doctor has advised it. However, if you experience blurry vision, confusion, dizziness, fainting, lightheadedness, nausea or vomiting, contact your doctor immediately. Do not discontinue any medications without consulting a doctor.
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Diet & Lifestyle Advise
- Do regular physical activity or exercise.
- Opt for a diet rich in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy products.
- Limit intake of sodium chloride (table salt) in your daily diet.
- Quitting smoking is the best strategy to lower the risk of heart disease.
- Avoid chronic stress as it can raise your blood pressure.
- Try to enjoy and spend time with your loved ones to cope with stress and practice mindfulness techniques.
- Try to include heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acid-containing food drinks in your daily diet. You can also use low-fat cooking oil like olive oil, soybean oil, canola oil, and coconut oil.
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Alcohol
Safe if prescribed
Alcohol might increase the blood pressure-lowering effect of Metolar-XR 100 Capsule . It might also cause increased dizziness. Therefore, avoid alcohol consumption while taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule .
Pregnancy
Consult your doctor
Metolar-XR 100 Capsule is not recommended for use during pregnancy. If you are pregnant or planning for pregnancy, consult your doctor.
Breast Feeding
Consult your doctor
Metolar-XR 100 Capsule may pass into breastmilk. Consult a doctor before taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule if you are breastfeeding.
Driving
Safe if prescribed
Metolar-XR 100 Capsule may cause dizziness and tiredness. Therefore, drive or operate machinery only if you are alert.
Liver
Consult your doctor
Dose adjustment may be needed. Consult your doctor before taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule if you have a liver impairment or any concerns regarding this.
Kidney
Consult your doctor
Dose adjustment may be needed. Consult your doctor before taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule if you have kidney impairment or any concerns regarding this.
Children
Safe if prescribed
Metolar-XR 100 Capsule is not recommended in children as the safety and efficacy have not been established.
Heart
Metolar-XR 100 Capsule is often prescribed to patients with heart problems to treat hypertension. However, it must be taken strictly under medical supervision, as it can affect liver and kidney function and may interact with other heart medications.
Geriatrics
Consult your doctor
Metolar-XR 100 Capsule should be taken with caution in geriatric patients. Please inform your doctor before using Metolar-XR 100 Capsule .
FAQs
Metolar-XR 100 Capsule is indicated in the treatment of high blood pressure (hypertension), prevention of heart-related chest pain (angina), heart rhythm disorder (arrhythmia), and heart attack (myocardial infarction).
Metolar-XR 100 Capsule helps in slowing down the heart rate, making it easier for the heart to pump blood throughout the body. Thereby, lowers blood pressure.
Do not stop taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule without consulting your doctor as it may lead to a rise in blood pressure. To treat your condition effectually, continue taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule for as long as your doctor has prescribed it to you. Do not be reluctant to speak with your doctor if you experience any difficulty while taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule .
Consult your doctor before taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule if you have hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) as it might mask the symptoms or make it difficult to recognise the signs of thyrotoxicosis (excess thyroid hormone in the body).
Consult your doctor before taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule with anti-diabetic medicines as it might mask the signs of low blood sugar. Regular monitoring of blood glucose levels while taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule is advised.
Your doctor may probably ask you to stop taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule 24hours prior to the surgery, as it might lower blood pressure when combined with general anaesthesia. If you are due to have any surgery or are receiving an anaesthetic, inform the doctor that you are taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule .
Taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule along with multivitamin/multimineral supplements may decrease the effect of Metolar-XR 100 Capsule . Therefore, maintain a gap of at least 2 hours between both. However, you are advised to take Metolar-XR 100 Capsule with other medicines only after consulting your doctor.
High blood pressure increases the workload on the arteries and heart. If untreated, it could damage the blood vessels of the heart, brain, and kidney and might result in stroke, heart failure or kidney failure. Hypertension increases the risk of heart attacks. Therefore, anti-hypertensives such as Metolar-XR 100 Capsule are used to lower the blood pressure to normal; this reduces the risk of developing these disorders.
Yes, Metolar-XR 100 Capsule contains metoprolol which belongs to a group of medicines called beta-blockers.
No, Metolar-XR 100 Capsule is not a blood thinner. It is an antihypertensive medicine.
Metolar-XR 100 Capsule starts working within 2 hours. However, it can take up to a week to show its full effect.
No, it is not dangerous to take Metolar-XR 100 Capsule . It is safe to take Metolar-XR 100 Capsule if prescribed by the doctor.
Metolar-XR 100 Capsule may cause sleepiness. Drive or operate machinery only if you are alert. Consult the doctor if you have sleep problems.
Alcohol might increase the blood pressure-lowering effect of Metolar-XR 100 Capsule . It might also cause increased dizziness. Therefore, avoid alcohol consumption while taking Metolar-XR 100 Capsule .
Metolar-XR 100 Capsule may cause side effects like dizziness, tiredness, diarrhoea, stomach pain, nausea, and headache. If the side effects are persistent, reach out to your doctor.
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