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. 2024 Aug 8;25:45. doi: 10.1186/s40360-024-00773-3

Table 4.

Details of patients under metoprolol maintenance treatment and metoprolol concentrations in biological samples

No. Weight (kg) Height (cm) Daily dose (mg) Timea Other co-administrated drugs Plasma (µg·L− 1) Urine (µg·L− 1) EBC (µg·L− 1)
1 60 153 50 (1 Per Day) 19.0 Metformin 1000 < 0.4 177.89 < 0.6
2 82 158 50 (2 Per Day) 6.0

Metformin 1000 - Gliclazide 80 - Empagliflozin 10 - Linagliptin 5

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5

Atorvastatin 40– (Acetylsalicylic acid) ASA 80

10.92 117.39 < 0.6
3 78 160 50 (2 Per Day) 8.0

Metformin 500 - Gliclazide 60 - Pioglitazone 45

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5

Atorvastatin 40 - ASA 80

78.14 4287.27 < 0.6
4 70 148 95 (1 Per Day) 8.0

Metformin 500 - Pioglitazone 45

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 - Amlodipine 5 - Spironolactone 25

Atorvastatin 20 - ASA 80

43.13 4990.65 18.95
5 75 145 95 (1 Per Day) 19.0

Insulin Glargine 20 - Metformin 1000 - Gliclazide 60 - Empagliflozin 10 - Linagliptin 5

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5

ASA 80 - Fluoxetine 20 - Lorazepam 1 - FeFol

88.74 1305.43 < 0.6
6 75 140 50 (2 Per Day) 7.0

Metformin 500 - Gliclazide 30 - Empagliflozin 10 - Linagliptin 5

Atorvastatin 20 - Fluoxetine 20

157.79 1132.14 2.83
7 55 153 47.5 (1 Per Day) 20.0

Metformin 500

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5

Levothyroxine 50 - Atorvastatin 20

4.23 433.43 2.89
8 78 165 47.5 (1 Per Day) 9.0

Metformin 500 - Sitagliptin 50

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5

Atorvastatin 20

97.07 4817.81 2.89
9 75 150 47.5 (1 Per Day) 8.5

Insulin Glargine - Insulin Aspart - Metformin 1000 - Empagliflozin 10 - Linagliptin 5

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5

Atorvastatin 20

< 0.4 3.57 9.01
10 70 170 50 (2 Per Day) 9.0

Metformin 500

Levothyroxine 50 - Atorvastatin 20 - ASA 80 - Finasteride 5 - Tamsulosin 0.4 - Prostatan

48.36 1779.78 6.97
11 70 145 50 (2 Per Day) 6.5

Metformin 1000 - Sitagliptin 50

Atorvastatin 20

150.80 4999.58 2.09
12 70 165 47.5 (1 Per Day) 19.0 Metformin 1000 - Sitagliptin 50 8.80 1504.60 20.91
13 50 150 50 (2 Per Day) 7.0

Metformin 500 - Gliclazide 30

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 - Amlodipine 5

Atorvastatin 10 - ASA 80

86.80 1985.09 3.48
14 75 148 95 (1 Per Day) 6.5

Metformin 500 - Sitagliptin 50

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 - Amlodipine 5

Rosuvastatin 5 - ASA 80

111.88 1310.59 7.22
15 60 150 50 (2 Per Day) 5.0

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 - Amlodipine 5

Levothyroxine 50 - Calcium

< 0.4 111.02 11.06
16 95 155 50 (2 Per Day) 7.0

Metformin 500

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 - Amlodipine 5

Atorvastatin 10

91.04 2805.57 2.63
17 70 185 47.5 (1 Per Day) 10.5

Insulin Glargine - Insulin Aspart

Rosuvastatin 10

24.28 4864.05 3.42
18 97 155 1/2 of 50 (2 Per Day) 19.0

Insulin Glargine - Insulin Aspart - Metformin 1000 - Empagliflozin 5 -

Valsartan 160 - Amlodipine 5

Atorvastatin 20

1.15 18.77 2.42
19 110 162 95 (1 Per Day) 8.5

Insulin Isophane Biphasic 70/30 - Metformin 500

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 - Amlodipine 5 - Furosemide 40

Atorvastatin 20 - Citalopram 20

96.81 3024.96 < 0.6
20 103 164 95 (1 Per Day) 7.5

Metformin 1000 - Empagliflozin 10 - Linagliptin 5

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5

Atorvastatin 20 - ASA 80

55.53 859.43 1.94
21 80 170 50 (2 Per Day) 10.5

Metformin 1000 - Gliclazide 60 - Empagliflozin 10 - Linagliptin 5

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5

Atorvastatin 20

41.67 363.20 3.37
22 73 160 50 (2 Per Day) 7.0

Insulin - Metformin 500 - Sitagliptin 50

Levothyroxine 0.1 - Rosuvastatin 20 - ASA 80

136.34 < 0.7 4.38
23 62 148 1/2 of 50 (2 Per Day) 8.0

Metformin 500 - Acarbose 50

Losartan 25 - Amlodipine 5

Rosuvastatin 40 - ASA 80

9.94 2999.49 < 0.6
24 85 162 95 (1 Per Day) 9.0

Insulin Glargine 30 - Metformin 1000 - Empagliflozin 10 - Linagliptin 5

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 - Amlodipine 5

123.75 No sample 3.70
25 60 155 50 (2 Per Day) 9.0

Metformin 500 - Sitagliptin 50 - Gliclazide 30

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 - Amlodipine 5

Atorvastatin 10 - Exemestane

187.38 9050.70 2.71
26 51 148 1/4 of 50 (2 Per Day) 5.5

Metformin 500 - Linagliptin 5

Losartan 25

Levothyroxine 50 - Atorvastatin 20 - ASA 80

26.34 < 0.7 < 0.6
27 66 155 95 (2 Per Day) 8.0

Metformin 500 - Empagliflozin 10 - Linagliptin 5

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 - Amlodipine 5

Atorvastatin 20 - Escitalopram 10

162.60 4033.88 < 0.6
28 63 148 47.5 (1 Per Day) 20.0

Metformin 500 - Empagliflozin 10 - Linagliptin 5

Levothyroxine 50 - ASA 80 - Carbamazepine 200 - Sertraline 50 - Clonazepam

5.76 226.91 3.20
29 67 150 50 (1 Per Day) 7.0

Insulin Aspart

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5

ASA 80

13.11 1146.99 2.66
30 108 189 47.5 (2 Per Day) 7.5

Insulin - Metformin 1000

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 - Amlodipine 5

59.36 1935.67 < 0.6
31 81 168 47.5 (1 Per Day) 8.0

Metformin 500 - Gliclazide 30

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5

Rosuvastatin 10 - ASA 80 - Clonazepam

< 0.4 350.95 < 0.6
32 80 150 50 (2 Per Day) 6.0

Metformin 500 - Gliclazide 30 - Empagliflozin 10 - Linagliptin 5

Atorvastatin 20 - Phenazopyridine - Gabapentin 300

3.38 No sample 2.11
33 65 152 50 (1 Per Day) 4.0

Metformin 1000 - Glibenclamide - Acarbose

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5

Atorvastatin 20 - ASA 80

40.20 435.35 2.11
34 71 150 47.5 (1 Per Day) 5.5

Metformin 500 - Empagliflozin 10 - Linagliptin 5

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5

Atorvastatin 10 - ASA 80

32.55 251.89 < 0.6
35 92 175 50 (2 Per Day) 9.0

Insulin - Empagliflozin 10 - Linagliptin 5

Valsartan - Amlodipine 5

Atorvastatin 20 - ASA 80 - Nephrovit

54.46 744.17 < 0.6
36 70 152 50 (2 Per Day) 8.5

Metformin 500 - Sitagliptin 50 - Gliclazide 30

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5

Atorvastatin 20 - ASA 80

51.55 No sample < 0.6
37 72 155 50 (2 Per Day) 10.0

Metformin 1000 - Empagliflozin 10 - Linagliptin 5 - Pioglitazone 15

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 - Amlodipine 5

Ropixon 20 - ASA 80

112.88 No sample < 0.6
38 83 175 47.5 (1 Per Day) 9.0

Metformin 1000 - Empagliflozin 10 - Linagliptin 5

Losartan 50 - Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 - Amlodipine 5

Atorvastatin 20 - ASA 80

6.53 110.80 < 0.6
39 65 140 95 (1 Per Day) 7.0

Metformin 500 - Sitagliptin 50 - Gliclazide 60

Valsartan - Hydrochlorothiazide 25 - Amlodipine 5

Atorvastatin 20 - ASA 80 - Clonidine 0.2 - Sertraline 50

253.21 No sample < 0.6

aTime difference of the sampling to the last administration of metoprolol (in hours)