Carvedilol: Uses, Side Effects, and Drug Interactions
Brand names: Carvedilol
# Consumer Overview of Carvedilol Carvedilol is a medication that helps your heart work better and controls your blood pressure. Doctors prescribe it to treat high blood pressure and heart failure, which is when your heart doesn't pump blood as well as it should. This medicine belongs to a group of drugs called beta-blockers that help slow your heart rate and reduce the force of your heartbeat. By doing this, carvedilol makes it easier for your heart to pump blood throughout your body and lowers your blood pressure. Before taking carvedilol, it's important to tell your doctor about all other medicines you're taking, because this drug can interact with many other medications. For example, certain blood pressure medicines can cause dangerously low blood pressure or a heartbeat that's too slow when combined with carvedilol. Your doctor may need to adjust your doses or monitor you more carefully if you take other heart medications like digoxin or amiodarone. Always follow your doctor's directions exactly, take your doses as scheduled, and don't stop taking this medicine without talking to your doctor first, even if you start feeling better.
Known Interactions (1)
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Check Now ↓Most Reported Side Effects (FAERS)
- FATIGUE8,890 reports
- DYSPNOEA8,327 reports
- DIZZINESS7,017 reports
- DIARRHOEA6,972 reports
- NAUSEA6,614 reports
- DRUG INEFFECTIVE5,890 reports
- DEATH5,700 reports
- HYPOTENSION5,685 reports
- ASTHENIA5,421 reports
- CARDIAC FAILURE CONGESTIVE4,477 reports
Source: FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). Voluntary reports do not establish causation.
Recent Recalls (5)
- Class II
The Harvard Drug Group LLC dba Major Pharmaceuticals and Rugby Laboratories · August 20, 2025
Carvedilol Tablets USP, 12.5 mg, 100- Tablets, (10x10) cartons, Rx Only, Packaged and distributed by Major Pharmaceuticals, Indianapolis, IN, 46268, USA, NDC 0904-7307-61CGMP Deviations: Results for N-Nitroso Carvedilol Impurity-1 (NNCI) impurity observed to be above the FDA-recommended limit of NMT 4.0 ppm
- Class II
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA · August 7, 2025
Carvedilol Tablets, USP, 12.5 mg, 500-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Colvale-Bardez, Goa, 403513, India. Manufactured for Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA, MaCGMP Deviations: Presence of a nitrosamine, N-Nitroso Carvedilol I Impurity above the current Acceptable Intake Level.
- Class II
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA · August 7, 2025
Carvedilol Tablets, USP, 3.125 mg, Packaged as: a)500-count bottle, NDC 68462-162-05; b) 100-count bottle, NDC 68462-162-01; Rx only, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Colvale-Bardez, GoaCGMP Deviations: Presence of a nitrosamine, N-Nitroso Carvedilol I Impurity above the current Acceptable Intake Level.
- Class II
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA · August 7, 2025
Carvedilol Tablets, USP, 25 mg, 500-count bottle, Rx only, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Colvale-Bardez, Goa, 403513, India. Manufactured for Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA, MahwCGMP Deviations: Presence of a nitrosamine, N-Nitroso Carvedilol I Impurity above the current Acceptable Intake Level.
- Class II
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA · August 6, 2025
Carvedilol Tablets, USP, 25 mg, 500 Tablets per carton, Rx Only, Manufactured by: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Plot No. 2, Phase-2, Pharma Zone SEZ, Pithampur, Dist.-Dhar, Madhya Pradesh 454 775, InCGMP Deviations: Results for N-Nitroso Carvedilol Impurity-1 (NNCI) impurity observed to be above the FDA-recommended limit of NMT 4.0 ppm
Source: FDA (openFDA Drug Enforcement). Voluntary and mandated recalls affecting this drug.
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