Metoprolol 🫀

Question 1

Metoprolol (Lopressor): Class

Answer 1

Antidysrythmic
Beta-Blocker

Question 2

Metoprolol (Lopressor): Indications

Answer 2

• A-Fib
• A-Flutter

Question 3

Metoprolol (Lopressor): Contraindications

Answer 3

• Hypersensitivity to any component
• Sinus bradycardia
  “Metoprolol Makes a Slow Heart Slower.”
• Heart block >1st degree, except in patients with a functioning pacemaker
  “Don’t Block a Block.”
• Cardiogenic shock
• Uncompensated cardiac failure
• “Metoprolol Malfunctions in Failing Hearts.”
• Pregnancy (2nd or 3rd trimester)

Question 4

Metoprolol (Lopressor): Dose/Admin

Answer 4

Adult
**5mg IV slow bolus **(1-2 minutes) followed by NS flush. May repeat every 5 min. (Max total of 15mg)

Pediatric
Not recommended.