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What is Carvedilol?

Carvedilol is a betablocker used for mild-to-severe heart failure of ischemic or cardiomyopathic origin; left ventricular dysfunction following myocardial infarction (MI); and management of hypertension.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Hypertension 47 4 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Elevated blood pressure 41 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
CHF (Congestive heart failure) 33 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Other 16 5 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Support heart health 8 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_cant_tell
Heart Attack 7 0

See all 167 patients currently taking Carvedilol

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 5
Moderate
 6
Mild
 6
None
 17

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Carvedilol

Sex drive (libido) decreased 4
Lack of motivation 2
Dizziness with hypotension upon standing 2
Weight gain 2
Problems concentrating 1
Tachycardia (fast heart rate) 1
See all 14 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Carvedilol. See all 18 dosages ►

  3.125 mg daily 6.25 mg daily 10 mg daily 12.5 mg daily 18.75 mg daily 20 mg daily 25 mg daily 40 mg daily 50 mg daily 80 mg daily
  10 Number of Patients: 10 27 Number of Patients: 27 3 Number of Patients: 3 44 Number of Patients: 44 4 Number of Patients: 4 3 Number of Patients: 3 40 Number of Patients: 40 4 Number of Patients: 4 29 Number of Patients: 29 4 Number of Patients: 4  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Carvedilol (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Doctor's advice 9   Doctor's advice: 45%
Other 5   Other: 25%
Side effects too severe 5   Side effects too severe: 25%
Did not seem to work 4   Did not seem to work: 20%
Expense 2   Expense: 10%
Personal research 1   Personal research: 5%
Change in health plan coverage 1   Change in health plan coverage: 5%
Not indicated 1   Not indicated: 5%

See all 20 patients who’ve stopped taking Carvedilol

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Carvedilol

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Carvedilol

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Carvedilol

Always
 26 76%
Usually
 6 18%
Sometimes
 1 3%
Never
 1 3%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Carvedilol

Very
 1 3%
Somewhat
 3 9%
A little
 5 15%
Not at all
 25 74%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Carvedilol

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 5%
$50-99
 1 5%
$25-49
 1 5%
< $25
 19 86%

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Report created on May 28, 2012.