	What Is COREG CR?

Taking COREG CR

Frequently Asked Questions About COREG CR

Talking with Your Doctor

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Taking COREG CR

Taking COREG CR the right way every day is an important part of keeping your heart healthy. Your doctor may prescribe COREG CR if you have high blood pressure, have had a heart attack that reduced how well your heart pumps, or have heart failure. In patients with high blood pressure who also have type 2 diabetes, COREG CR has been shown to be less likely to affect other health goals, such as HbA_1c, cholesterol, or weight. *

How to Take Blood Pressure Medication such as COREG CR

Taking COREG CR with other medicines

You may be taking medicines, such as ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitors and diuretics (water pills), to treat other heart conditions or symptoms. Each type of medicine works in a different way. Be sure to talk with your doctor about all of the medicines you are taking, such as prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and supplements.

Tips for taking COREG CR

To help you remember when and how to take your COREG CR, download and print the Treatment Tracker. Use this tracker to list all of your medicines, as well as how and when to take them.

Here are a few other tips to help you remember to take your COREG CR:

Put your prescription of COREG CR next to the food you eat for breakfast to remind you to take COREG CR each morning with food
Use a pillbox with sections for different times of the day. Some pillboxes even have an alarm clock
Set an alarm clock or timer to ring when it is time to take your medicine
Put copies of your medicine tracker in places you can easily see, such as on the refrigerator or near the bathroom sink
Give copies of your tracker to family and friends who may be able to remind you when it is time to take your medicine

* If you have diabetes, tell your doctor if you have changes in your blood sugar levels. COREG CR should be used with caution in people with diabetes as beta-blockers may mask some of the symptoms of low blood sugar, especially a fast heartbeat and may affect blood sugar levels.

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).