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 |
| 2 | hypertension | Extreme bloating, leg aches, low blood sugar, hair loss, twitching eye | F | 72 | 120 days 6.25 2X day | 4/1/2010 | 5 | viral induced dilated cardiomyopath | Weight gain, tiredness, lethargic, dopey, want to lay down a lot | I would have been on a heart transplant list without this medication. Ef on arrival to ER in December 2007 was 10%, put on battery of drugs and EF increased to 30% in two months. Now I am only on Coreg 25 mg day and still feel tired but glad to be alive. Was on 80 mg of coreg in the beginning. | F | 46 | 2 years 12.5 2X day | 3/1/2010 | 4 | Severe Aortic Stenosis/Hypertension | Started with 6.25 2Xdaily with no side effects at all but it was not keeping my BP low enough (Avg. 140/80). One week at 12.5 2Xdaily I am experiencing some fatigue and irregular sleep but nothing major and my BP is right on target (Avg. 120/75). Palpitations are gone. | My Cardio. discussed all the possible side effects with me before hand and I tolerate drugs well so I am expecting these side effects to lessen as my body adjusts. | F | 54 | 40 days 12.5 2X day | 2/21/2010 | 5 | CHF and high BP | Fatigue, nausea, feeling "loopy". | Was diagnosed with CHF 3 years ago with an EF of 20%, BP of 208/182. My EF is up to 50-55% and my BP is 130/85. | F | 40 | 3 years 75 MG 1X day | 2/18/2010 | 3 | Heart Attack 9/26/2009 | Rapid weight gain, 26 pounds in three months. I have always been thin. I have reduced my caloric intake and increase my physical activity yet I continue to gain weight | M | 56 | 12.5 1X day | 2/18/2010 Patient History | 1 | Nausea,extremely chilled with inability to get warm, gray skin tone, very tender muscles in the upper arms | M | 89 | 14 days 6.25mg 2X day | 2/9/2010 | 4 | hypertension | Itchy skin especially in the underarm, groin area and under the breast. I have had a significant amount of hair loss is anyone experiencing this? | 12 1/2 mg. dose twice a day has lower my blood pressure well with a 10 mg. dose of amlodipine. | F | 55 | 2 years | 12/20/2009 | 5 | Dilated Cardiomyopathy | Some sleepiness | Diagnosed with Dilated Cardiomyopathy 3/09 with an EF of 30%. Ejection Fraction as of 11/09 is 66% and heart is shrinking. Sleepiness and fatigue get better-just stay with it. I take 25 mg 2 times daily. | F | 49 | 8 months | 11/17/2009 | 4 | CHF | Raise in blood sugar (I am diabetic) and now constipation and then for 3-4 days frequent watery stool and now again backed up. Today uncontrolable bowels. | M | 88 | 90 days | 11/7/2009 | 3 | mitral valve repair | WEIGHT GAIN of about 2 lb per week on 10 mg/day. I've always been thin and this is really difficult. Dr. tells me weight gain is not a side effect of Coreg but after reading these posts I'm glad to see I'm not going crazy. I also had some lightheadedness but that got better once I started taking this at night. | F | 40 | 7 months | 11/2/2009 | 4 | cardiomyopathy & heart attack at 46 | dizziness, stomach and intestinal upset, nausea, low blood pressure | This drug has helped with my EF from 25% to 50%; when first started taking it symptoms were not as bad as they are now 3 months later; Doesn't make sense to me why symptoms are getting worse not better. | F | 46 | 3 months | 9/13/2009 | 3 | Cardiomyopathy, LV dysfunction | Chest tightness while breathing (i'm unable to take in a full breath without exploding into a fit of coughing) and throat tightness. Any exercise is out, i can't get enough air without everyone around me thinking i have TB or something. I was completely asymptomatic prior to discovery of my 30-35% EF (was playing ice hockey 3+ nights a week), now i feel terrible. My Cardiologist sent me to a pulmonologist for a PFT, and i am otherwise healthy (no asthma or RAD). Plus, this is my second time taking it.. tried 6 months ago (for 3 months), same side effects only worse: wheezing during inspiration and expiration and chest tightness increasing as well. I'm stopping this med monday morning. | I work in a cardiology practice at a hospital, my low EF was found by fluke: being a model for echo stress testing. In the prior semester, while being a model, by EF was 55-60%. After the coreg was out of me (after stopping the first time, took about 2 weeks) i felt GREAT. Now i feel like poo again after 5 days on the 20mg CR. Was on the 10 CR for 2 weeks, with slight shortness of air during exercise, but now i cough all the time. Wish i could take it w/o side effects! Most of our patients on this med feel great (or at least better), because i've heard few complaints from them. | M | 39 | 3 weeks | 9/13/2009 | 2 | CHF, heart attack @47yr. | Insomnia, difficulty staying asleep, continual nausea, extreme tiredness, daytime sleepiness. | e.f. of 39. I have taken atenalol for 10 years with only dizziness. Dr. switched me to Coreg (Carvedilol) since a generic is now available. She said to "hang in there" because the side effects tend to lessen over time. That hasn't happened yet for me. I plan to go off Coreg very soon and back to atenalol. Coreg hasn't done a better job of controlling angina and I can't handle these side effects. I'm happy for those others who can tolerate it and who find it helps. I just wish I was one of them. Any advice??? | M | 66 | 80 days | 9/1/2009 | 5 | Herceptin induced cardiomyopathy | fatigue, lightheaded when standing | Coreg is a miracle drug. I was healthy and physically fit before diagnosed with breast ca and had to take Herceptin which made my EF 25%. I was so sob before getting on coreg, I felt like I needed a lung tx. Now after 9 months, EF is 53% and I can exercise again. I am tired, but at least I'm alive. | F | 37 | 9 months | 8/6/2009 | 5 | cardiomyopathy | None. | I go on the treadmill daily, eat fresh salmon three times a week, along with fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains. I reversed the problem. My last echocardiogram was completely normal | F | 67 | 6 years | 7/26/2009 | 5 | Dilated Cardiomyopathy | Some drowsiness | This drug is truly a lifesaver. Diagnosed with Idopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy early March, 2009 with an EF of 30% and resting heartrate of 98 bpm. Fast forward to mid July, 2009, and now have an EF of 51% and resting heartrate of 63 bpm. | F | 48 | 4 months | 7/22/2009 | 4 | Cardiomyopathic heart failure | I do have shortness of breath if I do not continue in a regular exercise plan and watch my salt intake. I have tried the gretic of this drug and had a severe reaction to it and was put back on coreg. Do have some sleep issues at time and tired. I do have weight gain, but when I exercise I do lose. | This drug did save my life. When diagnosis my heart was at 50% and after two years increasing dose to 12.50 three times a day, my heart is now at 95%. It is a miracle drug for me. | F | 66 | 4 years | 6/30/2009 | 4 | Secondary hypertension from FMD | Worked great with little side effect for 2 weeks, then had 2 very bad weeks - constant dips in blood sugar level, fatigue, and uncomfortable chest pressure. Gained weight. | Must have made it past body adjustment to med after a couple of weeks. Now the Coreg is very effective at bp control (Fibro Muscular Dysplasia induced hypertension is very hard to control with most bp meds) and side effects reduced. Still have the blood sugar level swings which contribute to the weight gain. I was able to lose the extra weight by boosting exercise but hate the low blood sugar feeling that happens several times a day. Doc just gave me Bystolic to try instead, but I can live with the Coreg if the Bystolic doesn't work as well. | F | 51 | 7 weeks | 6/24/2009 | 4 | Dilated Cardiomyopathy | Extreme fatigue, dizzyness, and depression for the first 3 months as my dosage was increased to 25mg twice daily. Since taking the drug I'm sensative to light in the AM (sometimes everything fades to a grainy white) in the AM, I have dizzyness if I stand too quickly, and deminished sex drive. | Also take Enalapril. My EF increased from 40-55% in 1 1/2 years and heart structure has returned to normal. | M | 54 | 3 years | 6/18/2009 | 4 | Heart failure/ 40%EF | I was tired and short of breath and had sleeping issues before taking this drug. I have only been on it for 4 weeks. But I am able to do thing I haven't been able to do in years | I stated taking Coreg with Tikosyn 4 weeks ago I wouldn't say I have more energy but that could be caused by the fact that for the last 3 years I haven't been able to walk through a parking lot with out stopping to take a breath. Now I am woking myself up to a level I haven't been at for a while. I have 2 replacement valves and have had endocarditis 3 time which has weakend my heart. I have also had pulmanary hypertention. At this time I would say it is working for me. Only time will tell. I have been on a lot of meds to slow my heart down and control A-Fib. This is the first time I have been on a separte drug for A-Fib and one to control my heart rate. I started on Tenorman then Sotalol then Flecinine ( I would not recomend ) Then back to Sotalol highest dose. All of which were a combo drug. I have been dealing with these issues for 30 years. After 40 things starting breaking..lol..Well I hope this works I would like to feel like I did when I was 39. | M | 45 | 4 weeks | 6/16/2009 |