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Tartrate is the generic for Lopressor. Succinate is the generic for Toprol XL.
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You should take same amount. Effectivity of succinate vs. tartrate is within 90% of each other. Don't change the dose.
Metoprolol tartrate and succinate are used for the same purpose, the tartrate being a generic version of Lopressor and succinate being a generic version of Toprol XL.The active chemical is different, however, so it effects may be somewhat different.According to wikipedia.org, "the active substance metoprolol is employed either as metoprolol succinate or metoprolol tartrate (whereas 100 mg metoprolol tartrate corresponds to 95 mg metoprolol succinate), respectively as prolonged-release or conventional-release formulation."I tried both tartrate and succinate, and found a difference in my body reaction. The Tartrate gave me a dry mouth upon awakening in the morning and made my tongue feel a slight tingle. Because I had to take it twice a day, I occasionally forgot to take the second pill. I prefer the Metoprolol Succinate ER. No side effects and conveniently taken once a day. I did experience a difference.
I've researched for hours and hours. Cannot find any metoprolol tartrate witout lactose. I can only find metoprolol succinate (ie. the slow release form of metoprolol) lactose-free as Toprol XL from Astra Zeneca Pty Ltd.
Good rule of thumb---only take blood pressure and cholesterol meds from a cardiologist. No one knows the physiology of the cardiovascular system and drugs better than a cardiologist.
what is ammonium succinate? An amino acid
Malonate is a competitive inhibitor of succinate dehydrogenase, the enzyme responsible for converting succinate to fumarate in the citric acid cycle. Malonate resembles succinate and competes for the active site of succinate dehydrogenase. As a result, malonate binds to the enzyme and prevents succinate from binding, inhibiting the conversion of succinate to fumarate.
Formula of cesium tartrate: Cs2C4H4O6
Zinc tartrate would be written as ZnC4H4O6.
why disodium tartrate is used insead of water
Malonate is a competitive inhibitor preventing the substrate succinate from binding to the enzyme. The structure of succinate is comparable to that of malonate but for the ability for malonate to bind to an enzyme but then cannot further act on it creating a nonproductive complex.