	What Is COREG CR?
	Risks & Side Effects
	COREG CR for High Blood Pressure
	Taking Care of Your Heart

Eating Well

Exercise

Reducing Stress

Stop Smoking

	Heart-Health Tools
	COREG CR for a Heart Attack that Reduced How Well Your Heart Pumps
	COREG CR for Heart Failure
	Staying On Track with Treatment

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Stop Smoking

If you smoke, you may already know how bad it is for your body. Smoking increases your risk for heart disease and stroke. It also raises your blood pressure. And high blood pressure can cause heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and kidney failure.* It is hard work to stop smoking, but you can do it.

Tips for stopping

Here are some tips that can help you stop smoking:

Keep busy. Many people smoke when they are bored or hungry. Keep your hands busy with a glass of water. Drinking water will also help you feel full, so you may eat less. This may keep you from gaining weight
Ask your doctor about medicines that can help. There are medicines that can help you stop smoking. Talk with your doctor about which medicine may be right for you
Remind yourself why you are stopping. Stopping smoking is good for your heart. But you may have other reasons to stop, such as an upcoming family trip or the desire to taste the real flavor of your favorite meal
Step down from smoking slowly. Instead of setting a final date to stop, slowly cut down on the number of cigarettes you smoke. For example, smoke 5 fewer cigarettes than usual each day until you no longer crave them. Then cut out 5 more
Know your triggers. Avoid alcohol, coffee, or certain foods or events if they make you crave a cigarette. This may mean that you might have to avoid some people or ask them not to smoke around you

*COREG CR is not indicated to treat all of the effects or consequences of high blood pressure, including stroke.

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).