Who should not take Carvedilol?
The following conditions are contraindicated with this drug. Check with your physician if you have any of the following:
Conditions:
- Prinzmetal angina
- a type of angina where chest pain occurs when at rest
- second degree atrioventricular heart block
- sick sinus syndrome
- low blood pressure
- chronic bronchitis
- pregnancy
- floppy iris during eye surgery
- CYP2D6 poor metabolizer
- diabetes
- complete heart block
- sinus bradycardia
- peripheral vascular disease
- emphysema
- asthma
- blood circulation failure due to serious heart condition
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- an abnormal but slight slowing of the heart called first degree atrioventricular block
- severe liver disease
- sudden and serious symptoms of heart failure called acute decompensated heart failure
- myasthenia gravis
- a skeletal muscle disorder
Allergies:
- Beta-Blockers (Beta-Adrenergic Blocking Agts)
- Carvedilol
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