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Coreg (Carvedilol) - Reviews, Ratings, Comments by Patients

 
 



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Below are Coreg (Carvedilol) reviews, ratings, comments submitted by patients and caregivers. Based on a total of 3 ratings/reviews, Coreg has an overall score of 8.67. The effectiveness score is 9.33 and the side effect score is 8.67. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. This information is not vetted and should not be cosidered as clinical evidence.
 

Coreg review by 49 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Considerably Effective
Side effects:   Moderate Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   HEART
Dosage & duration:   25MG taken tid for the period of 2 YEARS
Other conditions:   high blood pressure
Other drugs taken:   BP
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   HEART WORKS BETTER -NO PVCS- less shortness of breath able to do physical activities again
Side effects:   DRY SKIN wrinkles decreased appetite takes the body a long time to adapt to such a radical change to the heart and lungs
Comments:   took the pill and get checkups? congestive heart failure first confirmed by an echocardiogram wore a holter for 24 hours to detect pvc's

 

Coreg review by 67 year old female patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   Cardiomyopathy
Dosage & duration:   25 mg taken 2 times day for the period of 10 years and counting
Other conditions:   High Blood Pressure
Other drugs taken:   Pravacol, Aspirin, Fish Oil, Zestril
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   Ejection Fraction increased from 27% to 55% over period of 8 years. No longer have chest pain, congestive heart failure, difficulty breathing, can do almost anything I want to.
Side effects:   There was at least a six months adjustment period as the medicine was slowly increased. I had to learn my limits in activities and stict to them. No medicine works wonders without FAITH.
Comments:   Began with 3.25 mg dosage taken 2 times a day for two weeks. Then doubled the mgs each two weeks thereafter until up to 25 mgs two times a day.

 

Coreg review by 63 year old male patient

  Rating
Overall rating:  
Effectiveness:   Highly Effective
Side effects:   No Side Effects
  
Treatment Info
Condition / reason:   heart
Dosage & duration:   .25 twice day (dosage frequency: 2x day.) for the period of 12 years
Other conditions:   high colestral
Other drugs taken:   zocor
  
Reported Results
Benefits:   lower blood presure,ability to exercise for a longer period of time with out chet pain, same activity while on coreg results in an average reduced heart rate of 20 beats per min.when off the drug exersise tolerance was greatly diminished resulting in angina
Side effects:   none
Comments:   taken .25 in the am. then .25 in the evening
 


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