Metropol Side Effects — Compared Across 6 Medical Sources

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112 side effects

Side effect	Frequency	MedlinePlus	PubMed Central (PMC)	NCBI Bookshelf (StatPearls)	Mayo Clinic	NHS	GoodRx
Nausea	common	nausea, vomiting	—	nausea	nausea	nausea	nausea
Headache	uncommon	—	—	headache	headache	headaches	headache
Dizziness	common	dizziness or lightheadedness	—	dizziness	dizziness	dizziness	dizziness
Tiredness	common	tiredness	—	tiredness	unusual tiredness or weakness	feeling tired	tiredness
Diarrhea	common	diarrhea	—	diarrhea	—	diarrhoea	diarrhea
Dry mouth	uncommon	dry mouth	—	dry mouth	—	—	—
Rash	common	rash or itching	—	rash	rash	—	rash
Shortness of breath	common	shortness of breath or difficulty breathing	—	shortness of breath	difficult breathing	—	shortness of breath
Swelling	—	swelling of the hands, feet, ankles, or lower legs	—	swelling	swelling of face or legs	—	—
Weight gain	—	weight gain	—	—	rapid weight gain	—	—
Fainting	rare	fainting	—	fainting	—	—	fainting
Rapid heartbeat	—	rapid, pounding, or irregular heartbeat	—	tachycardia	fast heartbeat	—	—
Irregular heartbeat	—	irregular, fast, or slow heartbeat	—	—	slow or irregular heartbeat	—	—
Chest pain	rare	chest pain	—	chest pain	chest pain or discomfort	chest pain	chest pain
Confusion	—	—	—	—	confusion	—	—
Fatigue	common	—	—	—	—	—	fatigue
Lightheadedness	common	dizziness or lightheadedness	—	lightheadedness	—	—	lightheadedness
Nightmares	uncommon	—	—	nightmares	—	—	—
Sleep disturbance	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Gait problems	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Psychiatric conditions	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Delirium	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Psychosis	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Visual hallucinations	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Balance problems	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Ataxia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Memory impairment	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Anxiety	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Depression	common	—	—	depression	—	—	depression
Burnout syndrome	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hypoglycemia	—	hypoglycemia	—	—	—	—	hypoglycemia
Allergic reactions	—	allergic reactions	—	—	—	—	—
Itching	common	—	—	itching	—	—	itchiness
Pruritus	common	—	—	pruritus	—	—	—
Bradycardia	common	—	—	bradycardia	—	—	bradycardia
Hypotension	common	—	—	hypotension	—	—	low blood pressure
Glucose intolerance	common	—	—	glucose intolerance	—	—	—
Abnormal sexual function	uncommon	—	—	abnormal sexual function	—	—	—
Stomach pain	uncommon	—	—	stomach pain	—	stomach pain	—
Blurred vision	uncommon	—	—	blurred vision	blurred vision	—	—
Cold hands or feet	uncommon	—	—	cold hands or feet	—	cold hands or feet	—
Anaphylaxis	rare	—	—	anaphylaxis	—	anaphylaxis	—
Heart block	rare	—	—	heart block	—	—	—
Worsening of heart failure	rare	—	—	worsening of heart failure	—	—	worsening heart problems
Angina	—	—	—	angina	—	—	—
Myocardial infarction	—	—	—	myocardial infarction	—	—	—
Hypertension	—	—	—	hypertension	—	—	—
Tachycardia	—	—	—	tachycardia	—	—	—
Wheezing	—	—	—	wheezing	—	—	—
Bronchospasm	—	—	—	bronchospasm	—	—	—
Altered mentation	—	—	—	altered mentation	—	—	—
Aspiration	—	—	—	aspiration	—	—	—
Cardiovascular collapse	—	—	—	cardiovascular collapse	—	—	—
Bloating or swelling	—	—	—	—	bloating or swelling	—	—
Chest tightness	—	—	—	—	chest tightness	—	—
Cough	uncommon	—	—	—	cough	—	—
Decreased urine output	—	—	—	—	decreased urine output	—	—
Difficulty speaking	—	—	—	—	difficulty speaking	—	—
Dilated neck veins	—	—	—	—	dilated neck veins	—	—
Disturbed color perception	—	—	—	—	disturbed color perception	—	—
Double vision	—	—	—	—	double vision	—	—
Halos around lights	—	—	—	—	halos around lights	—	—
Inability to move	—	—	—	—	inability to move	—	—
Inability to speak	—	—	—	—	inability to speak	—	—
Irregular breathing	—	—	—	—	irregular breathing	—	—
Loss of vision	—	—	—	—	loss of vision	—	—
Night blindness	—	—	—	—	night blindness	—	—
Noisy breathing	—	—	—	—	noisy breathing	—	—
Overbright lights	—	—	—	—	overbright lights	—	—
Pain in legs	—	—	—	—	pain in legs	—	—
Paleness	—	—	—	—	paleness	—	—
Rapid weight gain	—	—	—	—	rapid weight gain	—	—
Seeing things that are not there	—	—	—	—	seeing things that are not there	—	—
Short-term memory loss	—	—	—	—	short-term memory loss	—	—
Slow speech	—	—	—	—	slow speech	—	—
Swelling of face or legs	—	—	—	—	swelling of face or legs	—	—
Tingling of hands or feet	—	—	—	—	tingling of hands or feet	—	—
Tingling or pain in fingers or toes	—	—	—	—	tingling or pain in fingers or toes	—	—
Trouble breathing	—	—	—	—	trouble breathing	—	—
Tunnel vision	—	—	—	—	tunnel vision	—	—
Unusual weight gain or loss	—	—	—	—	unusual weight gain or loss	—	—
Bluish color of skin	—	—	—	—	bluish color of skin	—	—
Chills	rare	—	—	—	chills	—	—
Clay-colored stools	—	—	—	—	clay-colored stools	—	—
Loss of appetite	—	—	—	—	loss of appetite	—	—
Severe abdominal pain	—	—	—	—	severe abdominal pain	—	—
Severe nausea and vomiting	—	—	—	—	severe nausea and vomiting	—	—
Dark urine	—	—	—	—	dark urine	—	—
Difficulty moving	—	—	—	—	difficulty moving	—	—
Fever	rare	—	—	—	fever	—	—
Hoarseness	—	—	—	—	hoarseness	—	—
Increased urination	—	—	—	—	increased urination	—	—
Itching skin	—	—	—	—	itching skin	—	—
Light-colored stools	—	—	—	—	light-colored stools	—	—
Lower back pain	—	—	—	—	lower back pain	—	—
Muscle pain or stiffness	—	—	—	—	muscle pain or stiffness	—	—
Numbness of fingers or toes	—	—	—	—	numbness of fingers or toes	—	—
Pain in joints	—	—	—	—	pain in joints	—	—
Sore throat	—	—	—	—	sore throat	—	—
Sores or ulcers in mouth	—	—	—	—	sores or ulcers in mouth	—	—
Unpleasant breath odor	—	—	—	—	unpleasant breath odor	—	—
Unusual bleeding or bruising	—	—	—	—	unusual bleeding or bruising	—	—
Thrombocytopenia	—	—	—	—	—	thrombocytopenia	—
Too much thyroid hormone	—	—	—	—	—	too much thyroid hormone	—
Lung problems	—	—	—	—	—	lung problems	—
Mood changes	—	—	—	—	—	—	mood changes
Low blood pressure	—	—	—	—	—	—	low blood pressure
Worsening lung conditions	—	—	—	—	—	—	worsening lung conditions
Masking symptoms of low blood glucose	—	—	—	—	—	—	masking symptoms of low blood glucose
Drowsiness	common	—	—	—	—	—	drowsiness
Weakness or fatigue	rare	—	—	—	—	—	weakness or fatigue
Worsening heart problems	rare	—	—	—	—	—	worsening heart problems

6 additional sourcesdidn't return structured side-effect data: Cleveland Clinic, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, SingleCare, Ubie Health, Better Days Treatment, Indus Health Plus.

Demographic risk groups

Group	Risk	Sources
pregnant	higher risk	MedlinePlus
patients with asthma or other lung diseases	higher risk	MedlinePlus
patients with liver disease	higher risk	MedlinePlus
patients with diabetes	masking of hypoglycemia	MedlinePlus, NCBI Bookshelf (StatPearls)
breastfeeding patients	higher risk	MedlinePlus
children	medication access	MedlinePlus
elderly patients	adverse neurological symptoms	PubMed Central (PMC)
patients with impaired liver function	increased risk of CNS side effects	PubMed Central (PMC)
patients with pre-existing cognitive deficits	increased risk of CNS side effects	PubMed Central (PMC)
older patients	previous cognitive deficits	PubMed Central (PMC)
patients with pre-existing cognitive impairment	memory impairment	PubMed Central (PMC)
patients with cardiovascular disease	psychological disorders	PubMed Central (PMC)
older adults	increased sensitivity and decreased metoprolol clearance	NCBI Bookshelf (StatPearls)
patients with pre-existing heart disease	worsening of heart failure	NCBI Bookshelf (StatPearls)
patients with coronary artery disease	heightened risk of adverse cardiovascular events	NCBI Bookshelf (StatPearls)
patients with heart failure	heightened risk of adverse cardiovascular events	NCBI Bookshelf (StatPearls)
patients with cardiovascular conditions	adverse rebound effects	NCBI Bookshelf (StatPearls)
pediatric population	high risk of cardiovascular collapse and death	NCBI Bookshelf (StatPearls)
Elderly	Higher risk of side effects	GoodRx
people with diabetes	hypoglycemia	GoodRx
people with severe heart failure	worsening heart failure	GoodRx
people with lung problems	worsening conditions	GoodRx
people with mild lung conditions	safe	GoodRx