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Beta blocker

Metoprolol

Sold as Lopressor, Toprol-XL. High blood pressure, heart rate control, after a heart attack, heart failure.

What it should cost to fill

StrengthCash priceWith a discount card
25 mg tartrate (twice daily)$4 – $35$4 – $14
50 mg tartrate (twice daily)$5 – $38$4 – $15
25 mg succinate ER (once daily)$9 – $55$7 – $22
50 mg succinate ER (once daily)$10 – $60$8 – $25

Typical retail ranges, not quotes. What you are charged depends on the pharmacy and on how the claim is processed — which is exactly why it is worth asking.

Where the money goes

What else there is

Not recommendations. The tradeoff matters more than the name, and it is the part a prescriber will want to talk about.

Carvedilol, bisoprolol, atenololSame class

Other generic beta blockers. Not interchangeable — carvedilol and metoprolol succinate are the ones proven in heart failure, so the choice may be deliberate.

Worth asking

Before you change anything. Never stop a beta blocker abruptly — it can trigger a dangerous rebound in heart rate and blood pressure.