Complete dosing information for METOPROLOL SUCCINATE ER TABLETS
Medical guidance required: Dosing information here is for educational purposes. Your healthcare provider will determine the appropriate dose based on your specific condition, kidney function, other medications, and medical history. Never adjust your dose without consulting your doctor or pharmacist.
2 DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION • Administer once daily. Titrate at weekly or longer intervals as needed and tolerated. ( 2 ) • Hypertension: Starting dose is 25 mg to 100 mg. ( 2.1 ) • Angina Pectoris: Starting dose is 100 mg. ( 2.2 ) • Heart Failure: Starting dose is 12.5 mg or 25 mg. ( 2.3 ) • Switching from immediate-release metoprolol to metoprolol succinate extended-release tablets: use the same total daily dose of metoprolol succinate extended-release tablets. ( 2 ) 2.1 Hypertension Adults: The usual initial dosage is 25 mg to 100 mg daily in a single dose. Adjust dosage at weekly (or longer) intervals until optimum blood pressure reduction is achieved. In general, the maximum effect of any given dosage level will be apparent after 1 week of therapy. Dosages above 400 mg per day have not been studied. Pediatric Hypertensive Patients ≥ 6 Years of age: The recommended starting dose of metoprolol succinate extended-release tablets are 1 mg/kg once daily, but the maximum initial dose sh