COREG Reviews (CARVEDILOL)Average Rating: 2.8 (348 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare COREG with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR COREG | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | CHF, EF of 20 | Severe fatigue | It increased my EF to 40 from 20 which has held for over one year now. In the beginning my cardiologist put me on several other drugs which my system could not handle. I switched cardiologists and he took me off everything he could and cut down the Coreg dosage. This was a big help, as I have severe trouble handling drugs and react to many of them. I now take HCTZ as a diuretic instead of the recommended ones, as it is one that doesn't upset my system. I went through a period of depression, but I feel that was due to the diagnosis and not the drug. I feel it has been a life saver for me. I have learned to handle the fatigue by napping if necessary and cutting back on my activities, saving my strength for the things I really want and need to do. | F | 75 | 18 months 6.25 MG 2X day | 2/17/2011 | 4 | Low EF, LVSD, LVDD | Reduced libido, extraordinary fatigue. | Stopped taking Coreg a year ago, and after a few days, I felt like a new person. Renewed energy, better disposition, feeling of vitality. But have had irregular EFs through the year, and my cardiologist is rather insisting that I take some level of Coreg. After two weeks back on it, the side effects have not faded. In the morning, I'm so fatigued it feels like someone is standing on my chest. It also reduced my VO2Max by 15%, and my max HR by 20% or so. Still trying to figure out how to rework my training regimen, since I previously relied on HR for training boundaries. Just about no libido, which is very out of character. Also taking Diovan (80) and Triamterene/HCTZ (37.5/25). Getting great BPs. | M | 59 | 15 days 3.12 2X day | 1/29/2011 | 5 | PALPITATIONS | F | 49 | 20 MG 1X day | 1/6/2011 | 2 | hypertension | weight gain 30 lbs, vivid dreams, depression and very little sex drive. also seem to get very tired easily. constipatipated and gassy all the time. | I am trying to get my Dr. to change to something else. I had much the same effects with Lipitor and stopping that ended the side effects. | M | 56 | 8 months 6.25 MG 2X day | 11/1/2010 | 3 | Mitral Valve Regurgitation | Felt cold in the beginning. My blood pressure was extremely low 68/48 today and it's usually around 96/65. Tired, feel pressure on my chest. Headache, sweats | I weigh about 124 lbs, have not particularly noticed weight gain, although, while increasing dosage from 20mg to 40mg Coredg CR, dropped 4 pound in two weeks. Seem to have gained 2 lbs back now. Was admitted into ER with chest pains and numbness in left arm. After a day in cardiac, found severe leaking mitral regurgitation from 2.5 to 3.5. EF of 45-55. Month later, EF was 40 and regurgitation was 2.5, so doc put me on Coreg. | F | 47 | 1 months 40 1X day | 10/12/2010 | 3 | SVT | Problems focusing, dizziness, seeing spots, chest pain, breaking out in sweats, feeling faint. | Not too fond of it, it is helping with my blood pressure and somewhat with the SVT, but the side effects outweigh the improvements in my opinion. | M | 21 | 90 days 6.5 2X day | 9/28/2010 | 3 | Atrial Fib. HBP | Total ED, Which I did not have prior to taking Coreg. Non other worth mentioning. | It did not do very well at lowering my Blood Pressure. Never got it to normal range. I now take 32 mgs. of Atacand a day with it. Atacand has helped a lot with no additional side effects. My Heart Rate runs around 60. | M | 65 | 6 months 25 mg. 2X day | 9/23/2010 | 1 | pulmonary hypertension | DEVELOPED SEVERE SHORTNESS OF BREATH | F | 70 | 13 weeks 1X day | 9/23/2010 | 4 | non eczema CHF | Makes me tired, hungry, and gives me diarrhea. I also have shortness of breath and sometimes break out in sweats | I went into hospital dec 2003 with enlarged heart and EF of 9. Lost 17 pounds after one week in hospital. Put me on Coreg, low salt diet, and EF was up to 55 in 3 months. Switched me to carvedilol after two years. My blood pressure and always been up and down and now I'm now having blood sugar problems. I'm also taking digoxin, diovan, and furosemide. Lately feel like crap all the time. | M | 54 | 7 years 6.25 2X day | 9/11/2010 | 3 | cardiomyopathy,low EF | Extreme fatigue, frequent dizzy spells | I am on the fence about this drug. My EF was initially 18 %, after 5 years, my EF is now 45 %. So a marked improvement as far as the EF goes. But I am still struggling with the side effects. I am so tired all the time, even after a full nights sleep. I am alive, but that doesn't matter if I am too tired to enjoy life. | M | 36 | 5 days 25 mg 2X day | 8/21/2010 | 1 | Cardiomyopathy | Shortness of breath,Dizziness,Fatigue,Changes in vision,Increase in weight | The drug makers and the people that approved it at the FDA and the doctors should be put in prison.This drug will do 2 things no matter your age destroy your life or kill you I was put on this drug in may 2005 and before 2005 i was a home owner a business owner doing home remodels since 1992 and subcontracting with a termite and pest control company for 7 years had just moved in a home that was built in 1964 and this was the home my wife and i were going to retire in so we remodel the home drop 80,000.00 into it so after that it looked like a new home big enough for us 3 and my 2 sons and our grand kids to come over on the weekends.Had money to go camping once a year money to pay my house payments,car,work trucks employees living good ALL GONE THE HOUSE THE WIFES CAR MY TRUCK MY WORK TRUCKS MY EMPLOYEES (WHICH WERE MY 2 OLDEST SONS)And others that had a family's.i have to live in a 23 ft travel trailer while my wife sleeps on a couch and my son has his own room in our friends home here in Idaho and were from California and we have made this Idaho California trip 3 times nowhere to live lost EVERYTHING............P.S.The veterans administration is had me on 2 other heart meds for about 3 weeks to see if this will help me stay off the COREG this was tryed in 2007 and within a week i had to be put back on it because the veterans administration says that the coreg makes your heart grow new receptors and thats why people can't get off it after a long period of time so if you take | M | 53 | 5 years 26 mg 2X day | 8/16/2010 | 1 | BP, Taken with tekturna | I lost conciousness twice and nearly lost it two other times | Coreg lowered my heart rate to 52 bpm which when combined with a slight vagel nerve incident twice, once when swallowing a sip of diet coke, lowered my heart beat too low and I passed out. Doctor's first blamed the vagel nerves but not so. | M | 79 | 21 months 25 mg 1X day | 7/25/2010 | 1 | Congestive Heart Failure | At first I felt really good on Coreg. Now I have constant, pulsating headaches. Aches all over. My BP is up and down like a yo yo. My BP crashed one time, almost passed out. Just yesterday, I was waiting in a line at the store and all of a sudden I broke out in a complete sweat all over, dizzy and nausea. I thought I was going to pass out. Confusion, memory loss. I have to pay extra attention when I'm driving, fearing my mind will wonder, which it has at times. My doctor doesn't know why I'm having these feelings. Hello!!! do your research. What is the drug companies paying off doctors to push this drug. I can't believe after the research I have done on this drug that doctor's say they never heard of these side affects. This is crazy.... | F | 57 | 6 months 25 mg 1X day | 7/19/2010 | 1 | Low EF | Extreme weight gain, bloating, Depression, Loss of interest in life, Confusion, inability to focus, severe constipation, phantom chest pains, sleeplessness, erectile dysfunction, extreme fatigue, and many more. This drug works by paralysing your internal organs INCLUDING YOUR BRAIN !!! Supposedly this relieves the heart ?? Ofcourse the heart will work less hard if its paralysed. BECAUSE ITS PARALYSED - NOT BECAUSE ITS WORKING BETTER !!! You can see by all the negative comments what happens when the rest of your organs are also paralysed. They all flow from the paralysing effects of the drug. Did I say drug ?? I meant "poison" becasuse thats exactly what it is. Its just poison and the doctors who prescribe it are poison peddlers. I asked a few cardiologist if they'd take it. NO WAY was the answer. Just like you can rarely find an oncologist who would submit to chemotherapy. WHY ? BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN WHAT IT DOES TO YOU !! If a doctor tries to put you on carvedilol THE | M | 52 | 6 weeks 12.5 2X day | 7/13/2010 | 5 | cardio myopathy - viral | Wish I could blame weight gain on it. :) | My EF back in January of 2001 was 10. I was going to be put on a transplant list but first my cardiologist wanted to try meds first. COREG basically has saved my life. After the first year my EF went up to 32. By the 4th year I was up to 58. I pestered my doctor for a couple years to remove me from COREG because I had lost weight and was excercising regularly. He did not want to take me off the meds because there was no history of anyone being removed from it. After 2 years he gave in and told me to cut my dosage in half on Coreg and eliminate one of my other heart meds all together and come back in 3 months to see the results. My EF was 58 at the time and after 3 months dropped to 32 and back on the meds I am and have been told by my cardiologist to never mention it again. I won't. COREG saved my life in 2001 and apparently is continuing to save my life today. | M | 53 | 9 years 25mg 2X day | 7/12/2010 | 1 | hypertension | excessive sweating | My 80-year-old mother was placed on Coreg for about 6 weeks 2 years ago until we realized that she had been put on about 4 times the normal dose and we then switched cardiologists. After 2 years, she still experiences episodes almost like hot flashes where she drips sweat. She had not experienced this symptom since she finished menopause until she was put on the Coreg. It's really affecting her quality of life. Has anybody experienced anything similar, and if so, have you gotten relief from any treatment? | F | 45 | 6 weeks 25 mg 2X day | 5/31/2010 | 2 | high BP | Fatigue, trouble staying asleep, or with vivid dreams. Cough, weakness, loss of appetite and nausea also depression | I first was on 12.5 mg 2X a day for about one month which was increased to 25mg 2 X a day two months ago. All the side effects seem to have come on in the past three weeks except for the insomnia which began when I first started. I used to take Zebeta without these side effects but after a few years it stopped lowering my blood pressure. My doctor did not recognize any of these side effects as a result of the drug but said it was a virus which has lasted three weeks and continues to get worse. I'm so tired and I will insist that the medication be changed. I've always been an energetic person and this is no way to live. | M | 72 | 3 months 25 mg 2X day | 5/29/2010 | 1 | blood pressure | ER admissions. drug caused sky high blood pressure | Roller coaster sky high blood pressure within a few days of starting coreg. dangerously high BP. admitted to hospital and changed BP meds | M | 76 | 7 days 1X day | 5/29/2010 | 2 | idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy | I was/am constantly tired. My hair is starting to thin. | It's not really working for me. I'm "maxed out" on coreg. Actually, I was told I'm by my new doctor that I'm above the max dose. My EF keeps dropping. EF was 22 when I was diagnosed in 04. It's now 15. Looking at transplant. | F | 44 | 5 years 50mg 2X day | 5/16/2010 | 1 | CHF | dose was increased from 3.125 mg to 6.25 mg twice a day, resulted in gradual worsening of edema-20 lbs over 6 mths, very short of breath, very tired, water pills quit working, always cold, memory problems, one doctor said she may be in her last year of life | doctors insisted that my mother keep taking increased dose of Coreg, one doctor finally reduced the dose back to 3.125 mg twice a day, she lost 12 lbs of fluid in one mth. She can walk much, much farther and exercise much longer without getting out of breath. She is no longer cold all the time and her memory is improving. I am convinced that had she stayed on the increased dose of Coreg she would have died soon. It needs to be understood that drugs can affect different people differently. Coreg may be a miracle drug for many, but for some it is a detriment to their health. I am hoping that my mother will continue to improve and her health will be back to what it was before the Coreg dose was increased. | F | 87 | 6 months 6.25 mg 2X day | 5/4/2010 |