	What Is COREG CR?
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	COREG CR for a Heart Attack that Reduced How Well Your Heart Pumps
	COREG CR for Heart Failure

Treating Heart Failure with COREG CR

Living with Heart Failure

Talking with Your Doctor

Tips for Caregivers

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Talking with Your Doctor

Visiting your doctor and taking your daily dose of COREG CR are two important things you can do for your heart health. Before you visit your doctor, write down your questions, symptoms, and concerns about heart failure. This will help remind you what to talk about with your doctor.

Below are some tips to make the most of each visit with your doctor:

Take notes during your visit or bring a friend or family member to help
Ask questions about the tests your doctor may order, such as an electrocardiogram or echocardiogram
Talk with your doctor about the treatments he or she may suggest, such as medicine, surgery, and lifestyle changes
Your doctor may suggest a combination of treatments. Ask your doctor how each treatment may help
Bring a list of all the medicines you are taking, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and natural health products
Make a list of all of your past and current medical conditions and any surgeries you have had
Ask your doctor for more information about living with heart failure
Make sure you understand the treatment goals and changes to your lifestyle that your doctor recommends
Make an appointment to see the health care providers your doctor recommends

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See Important Safety Information below

The information on this Web site is designed to supplement the information provided by your doctor; it is not meant to replace it. This information is not meant to provide medical advice. Your doctor should always be your main source of information about your condition and how to manage it.

COREG CR is approved for the treatment of hypertension, which is also known as high blood pressure.

COREG CR is approved to reduce the risk of death in patients who had a heart attack that reduced how well the heart pumps.

COREG CR is approved to increase survival in patients with mild to severe heart failure.

Important Safety Information

It is important for patients to take their medicine every day as directed by their doctor or health care provider. If patients stop taking COREG CR suddenly, they could have chest pain and/or a heart attack. If the doctor decides that a patient should stop taking COREG CR, the doctor may slowly lower the dose over a period of time before stopping it completely.

Some common side effects associated with COREG CR include shortness of breath, a slow heartbeat, weight gain, fatigue, hypotension, diarrhea, increases in blood sugar, dizziness, faintness, or runny nose/sore throat. People taking COREG CR who have any of these symptoms should call their doctor. Additionally, if patients experience fatigue or dizziness, they should sit or lie down and avoid driving or hazardous tasks. Beta-blockers may mask the symptoms of an overactive thyroid or low blood sugar, or may alter blood sugar levels. People with diabetes should report any changes in blood sugar levels to their physician. Contact lens wearers may produce fewer tears or have dry eyes. As with any medicine, patients taking COREG CR should first tell their doctor what other medications they are taking. COREG CR should be taken with food.

Some people should not take COREG CR, including those with severe heart failure who are in the intensive care unit (ICU) in the hospital. Also, people should not take COREG CR if they take certain intravenous drugs that help support their circulation (inotropic medications). Other people who should not take COREG CR are those who have (1) asthma or other breathing problems, or (2) a very slow heartbeat or certain conditions that can cause the heart to skip a beat (irregular heartbeat), (3) severe liver problems, or (4) serious allergic reactions to Coreg^® (carvedilol).