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metoprolol

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[met-oh-proh-lawl, -lol] / ˌmɛt oʊˈproʊ lɔl, -lɒl /

noun

Pharmacology.
  1. a beta blocker, C 1 5 H 2 5 NO 3 , used in the treatment of hypertension, angina, and cardiac arrhythmias.


Etymology

Origin of metoprolol

Contraction of the chemical name

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Today, when patients are discharged from hospitals after an acute heart attack, they are regularly treated with beta-blocker drugs such as metoprolol and bisoprolol.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2024

Her doctors had put her on a heart medication, metoprolol, but it has not helped.

From Washington Post Feb. 21, 2022

He started me on metoprolol, but in two weeks I was a sobbing, tearful mess with despair and depression.

From Seattle Times Jan. 29, 2017

In 2010, a paraplegic Paralympic athlete, Robert Berger of New Zealand, applied to take metoprolol, a beta-blocker, to address heart disease.

From New York Times Sep. 14, 2016

A couple of common versions of β-blockers are metoprolol, which specifically blocks the β1-receptor, and propanolol, which nonspecifically blocks β-receptors.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

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