Drug Ratings for CORGARDAverage Rating: 3.2 (41 Ratings)
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CORGARD | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 4 | Mitral valve prolapse | A little tired | Uses corgard 10 mg a day for mvp works great for that I don't wanna take to much so it won't make me to tired | M | 46 | 1 years | 4/20/2016 | 1 | HTN | This drug made me extremely drowsy so if you have or care for small children I definitely wouldn't recommend it. The worse side effect of all is hair loss!! Every time I shampoo my hair I lose a palm full. Especially across the top. I haven't ever had a problem with hair loss until I started this medication. I am going to my physician tomorrow and demand a new medication.I would only recommend to a bald person. No offense. Thank God for wigs and extensions. | F | 36 | 2 months 20 | 11/19/2015 | 5 | Mitral Valve Prolapse & A-Fib | From the beginning this drug has caused NO side effects. My daily dose is 10 MG, which controls the MVP, but when I feel A-Fib trying to start up, I can up the dose to 20MG. | F | 72 | 35 years 10 -20 MG 1X D | 5/21/2015 | 5 | Migraines | No side effects at all | I have taken corgard 40mg q day for 25 years.. It truly gave me my life back!! No migraines at all and I was going to the ER at least four times a week in horrible pain!!! | F | 52 | 1 days 40mg | 12/26/2014 | 4 | Performance anxiety, tremor | Very sluggish; easily out of breath; hard to exercise; aerobic exercise seems pointless to even try; diarrhea sometimes | Miracle drug for performance anxiety. Slows the heartbeat down to normal when you're in a normally fearful situation like public speaking. Even if you try to make yourself scared you can't. For tremor (essential tremor in my case) it works fairly well but is not 100% effective (maybe 50%). That's assuming I'm relaxed. For essential tremor due to great stress or pressure it is more like 90% effective as it really curbs the major shakes. The side effects are not horrible but are the reason I won't take it daily. | M | 45 | 17 years 80 1X AN | 5/19/2014 | 1 | Hyperthyroidism, Migraine | Breathlessness, hair loss, extreme fatigue | I didnt like this drug at all. It slowed down my heart rate but caused extreme fatigue which badly affected my daily life. Pale, puffy face, huge shadows under eyes..sort of drug user apperance.After 2-4 hr after taking it I had a feeling that I cant breathe...sort of too tight clothes feeling. And hair loss - mostly top of scalp. Then hair started regrow sort of curly with reddish tinge. Migraines? They got worse, lasting up 72hr. Disaster not drug. | F | 36 | 30 days 80 MG 1X D | 4/5/2014 | 5 | Migraines | Low heart rate, cold all the time, fatigue | This med gave me my life back. It decreased my migraines from several per week to only 1-2 per month. After about 7-8 years it became less effective and I had to add many more meds and surgeries to try and keep a life worth living. | F | 45 | 15 years 40mg 1X D | 3/25/2014 | 5 | vascular mediated syncipy | None, except after a year I have had some urinary retention problems... maybe unrelated. | I have a low heart rate and experience fainting symptoms during my sleep. that condition was occurring every night I had just finished a significant mentally testing effort... such as finishing a big project at work... post stress anxiety... was on metropolol before, but my specialist changed me to nadolol and have not had an event since!!! it worked well for me.take at night before going to bed... | M | 58 | 2 years 40 1X D | 3/9/2014 | 1 | Long QT Syndrome, A-fib | Dizziness, cold hands & feet, hair thinning/loss | My heart went into atrial fibrillation in my 7th month of my pregnancy and it was then discovered that I have long QT syndrome. Thankfully, my son was born healthy! I was put on Nadolol a few months after he was born. Now, almost 3 years later, I know why my hair is horribly thin, my hands and feet are constantly cold and why I have dizzy spells. The Nadolol has caused me all these problems. I was never told any of the possible side effects with this medication by my cardiologist or my pharmacist. Unacceptable! I am going to wean myself off and rely on a change in diet for my heart issues. I went to see a dermatologist recently to voice my concerns over my hair thinning/loss and she said that since I didn't notice a 'change' with my hair within 4 months of using the medication, that it couldn't possibly be the Nadolol! Baloney! | F | 29 | 3 years 20 mg 1X D | 1/29/2014 | 2 | Sinus Tachycardia, migraine seizure | Heart rate has not decreased. Migraines absent for a few hours only. Sleep walking. Increased fatigue. Nausea, increased loss of appetite. | So far, I am not impressed with this medicine. Everyone keeps telling me to give it time, but I will be speaking with my neurologist. A heart rate of 130+ is just not acceptable to me. | F | 36 | 4 days 40 mg 1X D | 4/24/2013 | 1 | Rate control - A-fib | Terrible panic attacks would come over me without warning. I thought I was cracking up and never suspected the nadolol since I figured all beta-blockers were the same. The panic attacks worsened to the point that I was winding up in the emergency room on a weekly basis with blood pressure as high as 190/110. I finally decided that perhaps the nadolol was the culprit. I asked my doc to switch beta-blockers and he put me on betaxolol. Within 2 weeks, the panic attacks all but disappeared. I've been on betaxolol for nearly 3 years now, and I am so much happier now than when I was on the nadolol. I'd never say that nadolol is bad for everyone, nor would I say that betaxolol is good for everyone. But, I will say with absolute certainty that not all beta-blockers are the same! If you're having trouble with one, insist that your doctor try another. | M | 48 | 1.5 years 20 2X D | 8/21/2012 | 5 | blood pressure | None | My overall health has been positively advanced by Corgard. I weigh the same as I did when I graduated from high school and the medication has not made me gain any additional weight. | F | 76 | 11 years 40mg 1X D | 7/29/2011 | 5 | migraines | Little to none. I was a bit tired the first few days. | This medication brought me from three severe migraines a week to maybe one a month, life changing. | F | 26 | 6 months 80 mg 1X D | 9/9/2010 | 5 | Stage fright, social phobia | Weight gain, fatigue, maybe depression. | Works like a charm for stage fright and social phobia but at a high price, I've had a steady substantial weight gain over the years and profound loss of energy. But I was desperate for help with social phobia and it was the only thing that helped. It also pretty much cured my migraines. At this point I'm considering tapering off to see what happens as I really need to lose weight because of high cholesterol. I never had a weight problem until I started this drug. In the first couple of months after taking I gained about 15 pounds and have continued to gain at a slower rate over the last 10 plus years. | F | 54 | 10 years 40mg 1X D | 6/19/2010 | 2 | migraine | Fatigue | M | 57 | 1 years 30 1X D | 5/22/2010 | 1 | Daily Migraine Sufferer | I have put on approximately 20 lbs since I started this med. My once thick hair has become so thin I'm concerned it'll all come out before it starts to grow again! | My doctors didn't catch this problem! I talked to my neurologist and he missed it. I just finished a bunch of lab work at my family doctor. I was hoping he'd find something...not cancer! Thanks to this site, I have been able to discover so much! Thank you for this site. I am going off my Corgard...Forever!!! | F | 49 | 7 months 20 1X D | 2/15/2010 | 1 | Blood Pressure control/migraines | Am 51 yrs old, have been on this for 3 weeks, have had nausea that won't seem to go away, general loss of interest in things I like to do, and 3 severe migraines since start date. Shortness of breath and BP isn't going down and staying there. | I would NOT recommend this to anyone, I tried it because of its possible dual purpose. Horse hockey, It works for very few people and if you are prone to migraines, don't take it. It does help with sleep related troubles but the zombie feeling the next day is not worth this, NOR is the migraines that caused me to miss work. | F | 51 | 3 weeks 20mg 1X D | 2/4/2010 | 2 | Migraines/MAV/High Blood Pressure | Worsening headaches; extreme lethargy and lack of energy/interest in doing anything; nausea | A bit of background on my situation: I've had high BP and migraines for years. It was previously under control with 50 mg of Atenolol per day (worked for about a year). One day, I had sudden dizzines and worsening migraines; numerous tests have concluded it's MAV (migraine associated vertigo), and I have been working from home (unable to drive due to dizziness) for the past 6 months. This is one of about 6 beta blockers/calcium channel blockers I've tried in the past few months. The one positive thing I can say is that it made me sleep VERY soundly...it damn near knocked me out at any dosage I tried (I'm only 5'5" and weigh 115 pounds). In addition to making me feel like a zombie, it actually seemed to make my headaches/migraines worse in intensity and frequency...not a good combination for me! It also made me nauseous...not fun when I deal with nausea from migraines anyway. I'm back to Atenolol until I find something that works better, I guess. | F | 25 | 30 days | 1/2/2010 | 5 | palpitations | slow heart rate but no ill effects of that | I have been on this drug for 25 years and love it. I take a very low dose (10-20 mg daily). It does not make my palpitations go away completely, but it helps a LOT. Without it, my heart races all the time and I feel unsteady. This medication makes me feel normal. | F | 43 | 25 years | 12/27/2009 | 1 | Migraines | dropped my heart rate to 47, muscle cramps, half-numb lips and tip of tongue, shortness of breath, total lack of emotion, fatigue | F | 44 | 4 days | 8/12/2009 | 5 | Migraines | weight gain. went from 145 to 160 in 7 months. | very helpful! i was having a migraine EVERYDAY before i began corgard, however i have gained weight. ill begin working out and really hope to see that i can lose the weight ive put on due to the corgard. if i cant lose the weight, ill meet with my neurologist and go over different options. | F | 26 | 7 months | 6/17/2009 | 2 | palpatations -high blood pressure | headaches! cramping bad - not helping palps at all- b.p not going down to normal levels-blurred vision-bloating belly condition burping! very bad cough from it! dont like this junk ! | IM MAD AT THE DOCTORS WE HAVE TODAY- MOST PUSH THE SAME DRUGS IV TAKEN BEFORE,ITS LIKE A CIRCLE OF DRUGS!THEY REFUSE TO CHANGE MEDS, OR TRY A NEW ONE,SO ITS BACK TO THE OLD STUFF THAT DIDNT WORK IN THE FIRST PLACE AND CAUSED ME PROBLEMS !! IV SEEN 8 DOCTORS IN 6YEARS NOT ONE HAS REALLY TRYED ANYTHING NEW. IV ENDED UP IN THE ER 4TIMES WITH PALPATATIONS! SAME DEAL CARDI PUTS ME ON ANOTHER DRUG IV TAKEN BEFORE ? AND THE PROBLEM NEVER STOPS ! I THINK THEY HAVE A DEATH WISH FOR PEOPLE OVER 50 YRS OLD . IM TO THE POINT I DONT TRUST ANY YOUNGER DOCTOR AS THEY LIE AND GUESS AND PLAY GINNY PIG ON ME.. IM TOO OLD FOR THIS STUFF ! BOTTOM LINE CORGUARD NEVER WORKED FOR ME ,AND NEVER WILL.. ITS CHEAP MEDIACATIONS AND DOCTORS PAID TO PUSH DRUGS. IM REALLY UPSET NOW AND THROWING IN THE TOWEL ! LOOKING FOR A BETTER WAY TO GO .. | M | 55 | 1 months | 5/18/2009 | 1 | mitral valve prolapse | to briefly describe it.i had another one while being pregnant. | i was pregnant with my son.i had a terrible pregnancy.my measurements wasn't adding up with my months of being pregnant.my son came three weeks early.with reactive airway disease and one lung didn't develope all the way!he was hospitalize about ten times and i almost lost him but thank god they fight to give him back to me.now he's in special education and is 14yrs old and he's my angel and i got my doctor to change my medicine some years ago and now i don't take anything!and thanks to all i been through i'm on two depression pills that i can't seem to get off!i should'nt been on corgard! | F | 42 | | 11/21/2008 | 3 | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE | HAIR THINNING AND LOSS | HAS LOWERED PRESSURE BUT AM GOING TO CHANGE MEDICATIONS DUE TO HAIR LOSS.. I CAME OFF OF IT DURING PREGNANCY AND HAIR GREW..WENT BACK ON AFTER AND HAIR FELL OUT AGAIN AND IS STILL THIN TWO YEARS LATER..TIME TO TRY SOMETHING NEW. | F | 36 | 18 years | 7/11/2008 | 5 | stage fright | none | Using nadolol for stage fright is an "off-book" usage, but is a dirty secret of professional classical music performance. Nadolol, dosed properly, seems to totally wipe out flight-fight response without affecting fine motor control, which makes it a great drug for anxious performers and speakers, especially as part of behavioral retraining. After years of severe stage fright issues, I started using it, first all the time, but now hardly at all, because it allowed me to have positive experiences on stage, which reduces the anxiety, and thus the need for the drug the next time. This was a fantastic drug for me. | M | 37 | 75 times | 4/18/2008 | 5 | Atrial Fibrilation | I'm taking Nadolol (Corgard) for 10 years. It was very hard to adjust to it from beginning. I had a very unpleasant feeling that my heart is slowing down but after couple of weeks it went away and I am using it until today. There are no any side effects. My heart rate is good, ECG, ECHO and all tests are very good. | It's worth to give it a try and start with just a 1/2 of dosage your doctor prescribed. In a week (if everything is OK) increase dosage to normal. | F | 58 | 10 years | 3/26/2008 | 5 | A Fib | I was on Corgard for about 8 years and really liked it. Kept my heart beat regular. No side effects. Then my cardiologist changed me to Coreg and I hate it. I've gained 17 pounds in 4 months with no change in diet or exercise. I will ask my doctor to put me back on Corgard. | My 60 year old sister has been on Corgard for about 15 years and her doctor says that although it is a old medicine, it is still a good and effective one. She has no complaints. | F | 63 | 8 years | 3/3/2008 | 1 | hypertension | nausea, extreme weakness, abdominal pain, weight loss secondary to nausea, faintness while standing still for just short times. | I am a nurse, and I had a patient who had been through multiple tests for the same symptoms (I had also been through many tests--we both thought we must have cancer!). A cardiologist who was doing a stress test on me told me NOT to take Corgard. When I stopped and changed to Toprol, the symptoms subsided completely. I regained my strength and appetite. I told my patient about my experience, and she stopped the drug with her physician's consent, gained 22 pounds (she had gotten very thin and frail) and felt so much better. | F | 63 | 12 months | 12/14/2007 | 3 | to control high blood pressure | lethargy, shortness of breath, symptoms of Reynaud's in cold weather, and weight gain. | Effective at controlling blood pressure. Most side effects were minor, but the weight gain was significant. | F | 47 | 2 years | 9/17/2007 | 1 | only considering taking it | F | 71 | 0 days | 5/31/2007 | 5 | Mitral Valve Prolapse with PVCs | NONE | I have been taking Corgard for over 20 years for an irregular heartbeat due to a Mitral Valve Prolapes. It has worked wonderfully and I have had no side effects. | F | 20 years | 4/7/2007 | 5 | Migraines | My dose has varied from 20-40 mg. It controls my migraines, with very minimal side effects and totally improved my quality of life. | F | 40 | 10 years | 11/11/2006 | 1 | Atrial Fib | This drug caused me terrible depression. Doc says he'll "adjust dosage". Didn't help at all. | I tried several other beta blockers. They all caused terrible depression. Had to abandon the whole class of drugs. | M | 57 | 3 months | 11/30/2005 | 5 | Anxiety attacks and tach. episodes | tiredness in the beginning, decreased heart rate down to 60 bpm resting. | This drug in combination with Zoloft has helped free me from my 15 year battle with severe anxiety attacks. I started out with 20mg a day for the first year and then cut back to 10mg a day which is what I currently take. | F | 38 | 6 years | 11/14/2004 | 4 | high blood pressure, tachycardia, | Tired a lot | I was diagnosed with beta-adrenergic hyperactivity syndrome at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN in 1998. Since then I have had 2 kids and have difficulty keeping up with them. I cannot run, only walk for exercise (5 days a week). I get out of breath easily but my B.P. and tachy are under control. I am on 40 mg. | F | 26 | 6 years | 3/12/2004 | 4 | High blood pressure | Believe hi trigycerides insommnia | M | 61 | 20 years | 6/3/2003 | 4 | High blood pressure | Believe hi trigycerides insommnia | M | 61 | 20 years | 6/3/2003 | 5 | high blood pressure | No side affects and has kept my blood pressure consistantly in check for 20 years. | F | 60 | 20 years | 7/19/2002 | 1 | High blood pressure/migraines. | Increased pulse rate, dizziness, fatigue. | Although it lowered my blood pressure my pulse rate increased to 120-130 bpm, and I constantly felt dizzy and tired. My physician switched me to another beta blocker. | M | 45 | 2 weeks | 6/11/2002 | 5 | Graves Disease-irregular heart beat | None, I love this drug It is the best one that I have taken for my Graves Disease which causes Skipped, irregular and fast ( tachy) heart beats | This is by far the best betablocker and I would recommend it to anyone with heartbeat problems. | F | 49 | 1 years | 6/10/2002 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | fatigue, change in heart rate (decreased) | generally effective | M | 32 | 11 years | 4/5/2002 |
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