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#REDIRECT [[Metoprolol tartrate#Contraindications]]
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==Contraindications==
 
===Hypertension and Angina===
 
Lopressor is contraindicated in sinus bradycardia, heart block greater than first degree, cardiogenic shock, and overt cardiac failure (see WARNINGS).
 
Hypersensitivity to Lopressor and related derivatives, or to any of the excipients; hypersensitivity to other beta blockers (cross sensitivity between beta blockers can occur).
 
===Sick-sinus syndrome===
 
Severe peripheral arterial circulatory disorders.
 
===Myocardial Infarction===
 
Lopressor is contraindicated in patients with the followings(see WARNINGS).<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web  | last =  | first =  | title = LOPRESSOR (METOPROLOL TARTRATE) TABLET [NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION] | url =http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=bb05420c-fd24-4672-9f62-fdd313819287 | publisher =  | date =  | accessdate = }}</ref>:
:*Heart rate < 45 beats/min; second- and third-degree heart block
 
:*Significant first-degree heart block ( P-R interval ≥ 0.24 sec)
 
:*Systolic blood pressure < 100 mmHg; or moderate-to-severe cardiac failure
 
==References==
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