question: I have been on 100 mg of metaprolol for 3 weeks and it has come down a little but I am still getting high readings. Prior to this I was on lowest dose of amlodipine and bisoprolol for about 7 years. I am 63 with 30% blockage in legs and a bruii of 35 to 40 % on both sides . I am 5 6 and weigh 185