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Bitmet-25 Tablet Substitute

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Verified Ingredients and Effects

Composition:

METOPROLOL-25MG

Uses:

High blood pressure (hypertension), prevention of heart-related chest pain (angina), heart rhythm disorder (arrhythmia), heart attack (myocardial infarction).

Medicinal Benefits:

Bitmet-25 Tablet belongs to a group of medicines called beta-blockers used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), heart-related chest pain (angina), irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia), and to protect the heart after a heart attack (myocardial infarction). Besides this, it also helps in relieving symptoms of migraine-related headaches and tremors (fits).  Bitmet-25 Tablet  helps in slowing down the heart rate, making it easier for the heart to pump blood throughout the body. This lowers the blood pressure and helps in reducing the risk of having a stroke, heart attack, or other heart or kidney problems in the future. 

FAQs

Bitmet-25 Tablet helps in slowing down the heart rate, making it easier for the heart to pump blood throughout the body. Thereby, lowers blood pressure.

High blood pressure increases the workload on the arteries and heart. If untreated, it could damage the blood vessels of the heart, brain, and kidney and might result in stroke, heart failure or kidney failure. Hypertension increases the risk of heart attacks. Therefore, anti-hypertensives such as Bitmet-25 Tablet are used to lower the blood pressure to normal; this reduces the risk of developing these disorders.

Do not stop taking Bitmet-25 Tablet without consulting your doctor as it may lead to a rise in blood pressure. To treat your condition effectually, continue taking Bitmet-25 Tablet for as long as your doctor has prescribed it to you. Do not be reluctant to speak with your doctor if you experience any difficulty while taking Bitmet-25 Tablet .

Consult your doctor before taking Bitmet-25 Tablet if you have hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) as it might mask the symptoms or make it difficult to recognise the signs of thyrotoxicosis (excess thyroid hormone in the body).

Consult your doctor before taking Bitmet-25 Tablet with anti-diabetic medicines as it might mask the signs of low blood sugar. Regular monitoring of blood glucose levels while taking Bitmet-25 Tablet is advised.

Your doctor may probably ask you to stop taking Bitmet-25 Tablet 24hours prior to the surgery, as it might lower blood pressure when combined with general anaesthesia. If you are due to have any surgery or are receiving an anaesthetic, inform the doctor that you are taking Bitmet-25 Tablet .

Taking Bitmet-25 Tablet along with multivitamin/multimineral supplements may decrease the effect of Bitmet-25 Tablet . Therefore, maintain a gap of at least 2 hours between both. However, you are advised to take Bitmet-25 Tablet with other medicines only after consulting your doctor.