Metoprolol long term use

Heart rate controlling medicines, such as beta-blockers that include Coreg (Carvedilol) and Lopressor and Toprol (Metoprolol) , is the best way to treat AFib. These medications can control or slow the rapid heart rate so that the heart can function in a better way.

beta-blockers are effective in maintaining sinus rhythm and controlling the ventricular rate during atrial fibrillation . Given these effects and their favorable effects on mortality, beta-blockers should be considered as first-line agents in the management of patients with atrial fibrillation.

To demonstrate that bisoprolol is superior in mean ambulatory heart rate and/or non-inferior in mean ambulatory DBP as compared with metoprolol SR in the last 4 hours after 12-week active treatment in subjects with mild to moderate essential hypertension (EH).

The results demonstrate that bisoprolol has an antiarrhythmic effect against sympathetic diurnal P-AF , improving subjective symptoms and QOL and eliminating P-AF episodes in ECGs.