Safety
Resources for You
Lopressor (metoprolol tartrate) Tablets July 2008
Detailed View: Safety Labeling Changes Approved By FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) -- July 2008
| The detailed view includes drug products with safety labeling changes to the BOXED WARNING, CONTRAINDICATIONS, WARNINGS, PRECAUTIONS, ADVERSE REACTIONS, or PATIENT PACKAGE INSERT/MEDICATION GUIDE sections. Deletions or editorial revisions made to these sections are not included in this summary. |
| Sections Modified | Summary of Changes to Contraindications and Warnings |
|
WARNINGS
ADVERSE REACTIONS
|
WARNINGS Hypertension and Angina Bronchospastic Diseases PATIENTS WITH BRONCHOSPASTIC DISEASES SHOULD, IN GENERAL, NOT RECEIVE BETA BLOCKERS, including Lopressor... Major Surgery The necessity or desirability of withdrawing beta-blocking therapy, including Lopressor, prior to major surgery is controversial; the impaired ability of the heart to respond to reflex adrenergic stimuli may augment the risks of general anesthesia and surgical procedures... Myocardial Infarction/Bronchospastic Diseases PATIENTS WITH BRONCHOSPASTIC DISEASES SHOULD, IN GENERAL, NOT RECEIVE BETA BLOCKERS, including Lopressor... |

