Carvedilol and heart failure

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Avatar f tn help please !!!! My husband is 32 years old and was just told he has heart failure his heart is only pumping about 15% can someone explain to me what's going to happen to him in the next 5 years how can I help him can he live a normal life ????
Avatar m tn I quit taking carvedilol and my statin as I thought I had my heart problems knocked, and soon afterwards, even though my cholesterol, diabetes and weight was normal, I had to have six more stents, a pacemaker, and eventually bypass surgery. Today at age 72 I'm back taking the drugs, but I also have Congestive Heart Failure, and believe me, taking carvedilol and Plavix was much easier. I have to sleep in a chair because my lungs fill with water.
Avatar f tn m taking carvedilol, lisinopril, digoxin, medication for my cholesterol and diabetes 2 and also aspirin and cod liver oil . I would like to continue with my exercise program and don't know if it's allowed. It's not hard, just walking.
Avatar m tn There are a few beta blockers with evidence in heart failure -- they are carvedilol, metoprolol XL, and bisoprolol (not really used in the US). Atenolol does not have any data to support its use in heart failure, so I would recommend a different agent (one of the above). Which one to choose depends on your blood pressure and ability to take twice daily dosing vs once daily. Chlorthalidone is a perfectly fine diuretic, if you have blood pressure room to tolerate it.
Avatar m tn Its understandable that people get so scared and paranoid when they hear they have heart failure. Its a wide ranging term,but people think its the beginning o fthe end. It takes a while to come to terms with it. You are probably suffering sideeffects from the meds, which have you wrecked. It will get a bit better. The meds are good for bringing the failure under control. They wont cure it, but will help in improving life. They usually want you to get out walking if you can tolerate it?
Avatar n tn Well, I'm not a doctor. How people tolerate medication varies a lot from person to person. I've heard about and read about more people having trouble with Lisinopril than with Coreg. The fact that you have a productive cough, your lungs feel like you've been strangled, and you've gained 9 pounds are of concern. From what I understand, you could be having heart failure and/or pneumonia. Does your primary doctor know this is what's been going on?
Avatar m tn 25 mg of Lisinopril is indeed a high dose. I have Congestive Heart Failure, and take both Lisinopril and Coreg, but smaller doses because it tires me out so badly. Like Occupant, I was developing very low blood pressure which makes one very tired, my bp would drop to about 80/45. You might want to talk to the doctor about easing off the dose. That said, I'm not a health professional, so take my idea with a grain of salt.
907729 tn?1244174363 I am a 41yr old female I have Type II diabetes, hypothyroid, and I have heart disease and heart failure. I am severely obese and have tried many diets and also exercise.. I have been overweight most of my life. I need to loose weight for my health. I need to get heart sugery, but they won't do it based on my weight. I want to know if I would qualify for the gastric bypass surgery.
Avatar m tn Lipitor is to reduce cholesterol, Plavix is to prevent blood clotting, Prilosec is to prevent heart burn, iron is to tackle anemia and iron deficiency, and centrum is a multivitamin. Digoxin is used to treat heart failure. Coming to Carvedilol, it is not a simple anti hypertensive medication used to treat high blood pressure, but is also a cardioprotective drug, used in patients with heart failure.
Avatar m tn I did an oxemitry test and was walking very fast, I started to feel dizzy and needed to stop and catch my breath. The technician said that my heart rate jumped to over 150 at that time but my oxygen stayed in the 90's. She said that my shortness of breath was heart related and to call my cardiologist. My blood pressure normally runs low, about 103 over 60.
1210142 tn?1266077031 I am currently on Plavix, Aspirin, Simvastatin, Lisinopril and Carvedilol/Coreg/. Stopped Lisinopril for a little bit and felt much better- unfortunately my blood pressure went a little up. Then my PCP substitute it for Losartan- have been taking this drug/25 mg/ for a week and feel extremely dizzy and nauseated. The cardiologist suggested to cut Carvbedilol in half/so now I am taking 3.125 twice a day instead of 6.25 and my chest pain almost disapear.
Avatar m tn In December last year my wife was in hospital receiving surgery for a cancer (VIN) and while there her heart rate fell through the floor. An echocardiogram was done and showed an EF of 30-35%. In March this year another echo had an EF of 50% (marked increase) however the third one done last week came in at 40% which shows a decline again. The reason why escapes us. My wife (Sally) is on Dilatrend and Adacand.
Avatar n tn s) depending on the case as well as a strict heart failure diet (very low sodium and limited fluids) can keep you without symptoms for a long time. However, some cases do need more aggressive treatments if these measures fail, including ventricular devices or heart transplants. The best medical advice I can give you is to continue very close followup with your physician and monitor you diet and weight at home. These measures will be the most helpful in terms of helping your prognosis.
Avatar m tn hi im 53 with acute cronic congestive heart failure. my echocardiogram showed dilated cardiomyopathy with ejection fraction of 10% and biatrial enlargement and elevated creatine after cardiac catherization the aortic pressure was 110/77 with a mean of 93 left ventricular pressure was 110/26 descending irregularity these were not flow limiting the left circumflex coronary artery had minimal irregularities and relatively disease free and a nondominant vessel.
Avatar m tn Lisinopril is angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, used to treat hypertension and heart failure, So, check with your doctor why the medications have been prescribed, it may not be for hypertension alone. Light headedness could be due to postural hypotension, wherein upon standing blood pooling occurs in the legs and the brain is deprived of adequate blood supply and oxygenation. This is more common in the elderly and in people with diabetes mellitus.
Avatar m tn Like Vienna suggests, perhaps the Beta Blockers are too much for you given your symptoms. I'm not a health provider either, but would ask if you could try to go on just the HCTZ and see what it does for you, or take a small dose of Metoprolol. Coreg and Metoprolol simply knock me on my butt, but I have to have these drugs because of Congestive Heart Failure, and I'm an old man. I was started on 3.175mg twice a day and slowly increased to the present dose of 50mg a day.
Avatar f tn After spending 8 days in the hospital getting my heart back into sinus rhythm (3 cardioversions + Tikosyn) I am back to Afib (off the Tikosyn) and have a 'normal' heart rate of 100 now. I presently take Lisinopril, Digoxin, Warfarin, and Carvedilol. Is 'my present condition' truly something that should not cause concern to me. Isn't being in constant AFib causing my chances of a stroke to rise considerably???
Avatar m tn I understand carvedilol helps prevent stiffening of the heart muscle and can help restore LV function to some degree. How specially, so it do this? What is the biochemical mechanism?
907968 tn?1292622204 Since both started getting bad about the same time and just shortly after starting Carvedilol I can easily make the connection. However, they could be unrelated to carvedilol and the timing could be a coincidence. Before I make an appointment to have a chat with my Dr. I'd like to hear from anyone that has had these symptom and that were known to be directly connected to carvedilol. Assuming there are none here, Does anyone have any info to share about these?
Avatar f tn I believe you are referring to carvedilol (coreg). That is a beta blocker that helps control an irregular heart rate and helps reduce any resistance the heart has to pump against by relaxing the blood vessels. About 6 years ago, I had a low EF and and enlarged heart (left ventricle). The enlargement was due to high blood pressure and the enlargement reduced the EF to below 29% (heart failure range < 30%).
Avatar n tn d (1998) with CHF and left ventricle hypertrophy (enlargement) your EF should have been less than 30%, not 60%, to be consistant with signs and symptoms of congested heart failure. This would be true as heart failure congestion is caused by the inability of the heart to pump with some equilbrium for the blood received from the lungs and this would cause blood to backup into the lungs and fluids would/will leak into the tissues causing congestion (pulmonary edema).
406399 tn?1201884300 I am at a loss to figure why they put me on this medication toprol xl , as from what I read, its used most for people with heart failure ? I dont have heart failure and last tests show I dont ? maybe its money bonus pay they get ?? hate to think that but can happen!! sure wracks my brain !!
Avatar n tn An enlarged heart is almost always secondary to heart failure, but it can be primary and cause heart failure and a low EF. Also, an enlarged heart, left ventricle, can cause arrhythmia, and the EKG indicates an incomplete BBB. An ICD is recommended and advisable. You may want to ask the underlying cause for the heart enlargement. Sometimes the enlargement can be reversed and the EF can rise to normal if there is no heart muscle damage.
Avatar m tn It works by relaxing blood vessels and slowing heart rate to improve blood flow and decrease blood pressure"
Avatar n tn Could the heart rate get even lower while sleeping and be dangerous? I am on meds to reduce the high Bp and heart rate. The meds I am taking is 50mg carvedilol daily. Lisinopril, asprin. Also one question I had was , if the lvidd reduced from 7.3 to 6.14 and lvids reduced from 6.5 to 4.96 in three months, aren't there chances that it will get better in next three months. And shouldn't be the EF be more than 30% now! considering with older measurements it was 26%.
Avatar f tn lol trust me natural progesterone will make your husband like a 20 year old man with his sex drive and its cheap with not one side effect and can take with his heart meds i think being as your body makes progesterone male and female so substituting with more progesterone is safe.