Carvedilol
Brand: Coreg
No boxed warning on the current FDA label.
- Caution
- Do not stop abruptly; contraindicated in decompensated heart failure needing IV inotropes and in severe bradycardia or heart block.
Common side effects
- Dizziness
- Fatigue
- Slow heart rate
- Low blood pressure
- Weight gain
Key interactions
- Adds to other blood-pressure lowering drugs
- May mask low-blood-sugar symptoms
- Caution with diabetes medicines
- Certain heart-rate drugs increase slowing effect
Counseling points
- Take with food to reduce dizziness
- Do not stop suddenly
- Rise slowly to reduce dizziness
- Check pulse and blood pressure
- Report worsening swelling or shortness of breath
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