What effect does metoprolol have on heart rate response to exercise? Would you alter how you go about guiding exercise intensity for patients taking this drug?
Beta blockers slow down heart rate, so which can easily prevent increase in heart rate during exercise.
There is no matter how doing exercise hardly while taking beta blockers,the person will never reach the target heart rate.
There is no clear way to predict effect of betablocker on heart rate.
An exercise stress test can measure how hardly the heart pumps while we take betablocker.
The consulting doctor can use the information to decide the target heart rate.
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