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What Causes Frequent Urination After An Increase In Metapropol Dosage?
Recently my cardiologist increased my metapropol succtrate dosage to 100mg twice. A day to lower myheartrate it was I the 90 s and he wanted below 85 because I. Had a past history of Avib. It has. Increased. My. Urine output. I know it s not supposed to be a diuretic, but it has. Had that effect on me,
Mon, 14 Aug 2017
Hi There
After going through your query I understand your concern.
I would like to tell you that metoprolol has a rare side effect of increased urine frequency as they help in relaxing muscles in bladder neck.
It's advisable to consult your doctor and ask him to either decrease the dose or start an alternative.
Hopefully this will answer your query.
Kind Regards
Dr Navneet Mahajan
After going through your query I understand your concern.
I would like to tell you that metoprolol has a rare side effect of increased urine frequency as they help in relaxing muscles in bladder neck.
It's advisable to consult your doctor and ask him to either decrease the dose or start an alternative.
Hopefully this will answer your query.
Kind Regards
Dr Navneet Mahajan
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