COREG Reviews (CARVEDILOL)Average Rating: 2.8 (348 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare COREG with similar:
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| 2 | High blood p | Exhausted. Some chest tightness. Weight gain for sure. Calf spasms may be related | On it about 1 1/2 yrs. Absolute weight gain & loss of quality of life. Feel cloudy in head. I don't take any other meds so nothing else can be causing it. I love this site & amazed at how all drs tell patients it can't possibly be the meds. How awful is that? I asked to switch & dr said generic cozaar but I'm concerned coming off this as it slows heart & see lots of side effects for cozaar as well. How are there no good bp meds? So frustrating. This raises sugar so you can become diabetic, too! Every med causes another condition. | F | 47 | 1 years 25 2X day | 1/25/2013 | 3 | CHF Cardiomyopathy | At work I tend to fall asleep at my desk and driving to work has started getting a little dicey when I start nodding off. | I was diagnosed with a 10% EF. I am a little freaked out because it came out of the blue. I was told it was possibly a virus that caused CHF but there were many other factors that could have caused it as well. I am able to breathe a lot better but still having yo yo weight control. I do not have Edema in feet, I do not swell anywhere else but still gain and lose weight at a rate of 3-5 pounds either way. | M | 43 | 1.5 months 6.25x2 2X day | 12/28/2012 | 3 | CHF Cardiomyopathy | Mostly fatigue. Driving after taking Carvidelol has caused me some problems. I get an urge to nod off while driving. Cold fingers and hands and just a general feeling of cold is a bummer. I'm getting stronger slowly but still can't walk very far. I've been extremely weak even before spending 3 weeks in the hospital. I'm not sure if fatigue from the drug is causing me more weakness. I have shortness of breath but it is better than before I went to hospital. | I'm worried about having to take this my whole life. It has done good to make my heart stronger but the fatigue and malaise take away from this. I have to find work and I'm worried. I'm also taking 5mg of Lisinopril daily. This whole CHF thing sucks and came out of nowhere. I had chemo 7 years ago so suspect that and also have thyroid problems which came on 3 years ago. Getting old sucks! Especially with health issues like this. None of my friends and family have it as bad. Good luck! | M | 44 | 2.5 months 2X day | 12/22/2012 | 4 | stress induced cardiomyopathy | Extreme tiredness, weak, hair thinning,always want lye down. Doc says have stay on rest of my life has anyone else had this ? | F | 44 | 4 months 6.26 2xd | 12/17/2012 | 4 | Viral Dilated Cardiomyopathy - CHF | tiredness, fatigue, weight gain, sore shoulders | original ef 12, two Cardiologist said I had the largest left ventricle they had ever seen :( Started Coreg 6.25 x 2 and increased 4 months later up to EF 22, installed CRT/D 6 weeks later EF 36, told that I should fully recover. | M | 63 | 1 years 37.5mg 2X day | 11/25/2012 | 3 | High Blood Pressure | Heart Palpitations, bloated feeling, mild headache | I was taking Coreg CR | M | 48 | 2 months 20 MG 1X day | 5/2/2012 | 3 | High blood pressure | Severe joint-pain | I thought that now I have reached 50, my wheels have fallen off. Every muscle and joint in my body aches, especially those with which I have had problems with in the past, i.e. neck, shoulder and ankle. I walk 6km 3 x per week and used to do pilates 2 x per week, but have missed more lessons than attended lessons since December as I am just battling too much. We went away for a long weekend and I forgot to take the tabs with, and now feel like a different person - all the aches are gone. I am off to the doc tomorrow for a change of medication. I must just add that it did the trick with the blood pressure and kept it stable. I have also developed the munchies, have gained 8 kilo's, but I cannot say that it is due to the drug. | F | 50 | 6 months 12.5 1X day | 4/10/2012 | 5 | heart failure high pulse | severe muscle aches in my calves tiredness | my ef is 25% that was when i had my 1st echo hoping it is better when i take the next one on the 23rd of april my pulse was avg. about 90 bpm now it looks like every time icheck my bp not only is my bp always very good it also looks like my pulse is down to about 75 bpm so i hope that these small steps in the right direction continue with the help of my meds and doctors and change in eating habits but most importantly the grace of god and jesus amen. | M | 43 | 3 months 9.350 2X day | 3/21/2012 | 3 | cardiomyopathy | Extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, tight chest, dizziness, loss of libido, ED, depression, general feeling of dread | Coreg has improved my EF from 8% to 30% along with low sodium diet, however, the side effects are causing me such extreme fatigue that I'm unable to do normal everyday activities. | M | 41 | 2 years 37.5 1X day | 3/15/2012 | 1 | high blood pressure | At first I felt weird which wasn't too bad but then I had trouble breathing, short of breath and horseness with a cough. Also it raised my blood sugar. Would not take it again. Got a different one from doctor. | M | 59 | 9 months 3.125 2X day | 3/8/2012 | 1 | High blood pressure | Dizzy. Tired, heart palpatations since I started, lost just about all my hair , never feel normal, blood pressure is not stable. I hate coreg going to try something new | F | 30 | 1 years 12.5 | 2/9/2012 | 1 | open heart surgery | depression, weight gain, loss of memory, irritable at times, can't seem to foucus on what I used to do, effects sex drive, tired easily, muscle weakness, bloated sometimes, slow to react, and just feeling different in ways that I never did before such as outside looking in kind of feeling. | I would think that there would be a better drug out there. I did not have a heart attack but I did have open heart surgery, and was on the verge of having a heart attack. Anyone that can help with advise would be great.My mom just started taking the same med, and dose, and she is experiencing memory lsot, and she has only taken if for one month, she is 68 and suffered a stroke about 7 or 8 years ago. So, memory loss is a real big problem with this crap drug. | M | 51 | 10 months 3.125mg 2X day | 1/23/2012 | 2 | angina, cad, 2 stents | Total loss of energy, ED, feeling of not caring about anything. Stopped the drug 1 day ago, almost feel back to normal. I will stop taking this drug for 2 weeks and reevaluate my health. My EF is 65%, I am thinking I don't need to be on this excepted standard of care for heart issues. | M | 56 | 90 days 3.125 mg 2X day | 9/3/2011 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | Tired, foggy mind, severe leg cramps for 12 hrs after taking, pain in shoulder and fingers | F | 54 | 7 days 6.25 mg 1X day | 8/1/2011 | 4 | heart attack | After heart attack not many side effects, was on 3.25mg but now 1 year later my blood pressure started to raise had to have a stent put in kidney and dr raised my dose twice now i am taking 25 mg twice a day now i have alot of bloating and swelling in my ankles and cramping in my legs always nervous because blood pressure is never the same i dont want to take a larger dose i need to work and dont have enough energy for everything i need to do | F | 55 | 1 years 25mg 2X day | 7/19/2011 | 4 | Tachycardia | Fatigue, aching muscles (especially back and arms), initial hair loss, lowered sex drive, lingering bronchitis, dizziness in the first two hours after dosing, sensitivity to sunlight (nausea, quick sunburn, vertigo), extreme nausea if not taken with food | After heart surgery to correct Ebstein's Anomaly with ASD and WPW Syndrome, I was left with slight tachycardia and a minimal leak at the tricuspid valve. When the tachycardia increased in frequency over time, my doctor initially prescribed Metroprolol, and I later switched to Coreg because I began experiencing very blurred vision and frequent, though mild, confusion with the Metroprolol. I much prefer Coreg and have even lost the 30 pounds I gained initally with the Metoprolol, and it has not come back. Hair loss was very evident when I first began taking Coreg, though my hair was not considerably thinned; it has continued but to a much lesser degree and seems to be tapering off. Sometimes I feel listless/apathetic. I notice a lessening of the fatigue/listlessness and dizziness side effects when I invest my time in cardio exercise, but I have to be careful to warm-up and cool-down or I experience dizziness/faintness during or afterward. Also, I am a migraineur, and Coreg is working very well as a preventative to the headaches, though it was not prescribed for this treatment. If I consume more than one serving of wine or beer, I experience a sudden, lingering increase in the intensity of all side effects. I have found if I drink very much (three or more alcoholic drinks), this effect can last for days, so I have had to cut down when drinking socially. So far the pros outweigh the cons and I plan to continue unless they worsen. | F | 38 | 10 months 3.25 mg 2X day | 6/27/2011 | 5 | cardiomyopathy | Gas was the only side effect and has now passed | Great drug I went from ef of 20 to a 50 in this short time frame | M | 46 | 3 months 25mg 2X day | 5/26/2011 | 1 | heart attack | It has made my hair fall out, I've gained 20 pounds, I'm always tired and sleepy. | I hate, hate, hate this med, yet I'm stuck taking it. | F | 63 | 4 months 3.25 2X day | 4/7/2011 | 5 | Heart Attack, CHF, | I'm not sure actually. I know that I've bounced back and forth between 6.25 and 12.5 in the last 4 years, I had a heart attack at age 42. there was quit a bit of damage to the heart and Lower arterial dec Artery I have stints. Ej Fra 38-40%, Inj Frac 28%- I take so many meds, it's hard to say. I know this stuff is keeping me alive. I had an EJ of 10% from the HA. I have a defib, and bouts of CHF. I get the CHF more from diet than anything else. I try to walk every day, I try to eat right, etc. I had lots of issues, but the hardest thing I had to deal with was the change my Health caused my overall life. I have to take statins, BP meds, this stuff, and plavix. Forever! if I have to get a translplant, then I'll have other meds as well. This is my life now. I can find something wrong with anything. Some things I just have to live with and sometimes I make things worse. When I had my MI, I died on the table. I met my Grandmother in the beyond and was told it wasn't my t | M | 46 | 4 years 12.5 2X day | 4/5/2011 | 1 | VasoSpasm/Heart Attack | Initial use pushed my BP down to 52/26! Unbelievable Fatigue, had to take 1 hour plus nap every day, and still felt tired/could nap some more. Depressed. Always cold, had to use an electric blanket even in Summer in TEXAS! Felt very "Frail", weak, lost muscle tone. | I'm the Atypical Cardiac Patient, enough to where my Cardio Doc said I might be able to get completely off the Meds in a year or two. Low Blood Pressure, No Cholesterol, to speak of, and generally unknown causes of event (other than possibly stress). I got off of Carvedilol in Autumn of 2010, and got back on it for about a month, before seeing my Cardiologist. I told him this was NOT living, as I was not functional on it, just surviving. Being switched to a Brand-new Drug....benefits of Coreg w/out the Side Effects (supposedly). I'll be starting it tomorrow & will update. New Drug is Bystolic. | F | 49 | 3 years 12.5 2X day | 3/9/2011 |