Case 2 Ask Dr. Bill: I Stopped Metoprolol

That Put Me in the Hospital

This is a real case. Someone that I know well took metoprolol for high blood pressure. He was having some fatigue. Metoprolol can cause fatigue, so his doctor told him to stop it without further instruction. He stopped the medication. His blood pressure surged to a high level. That caused a nosebleed from an artery and that led to a three day hospitaliz…