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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 |
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| 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 |
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| | 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. |
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| | 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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