Drug Study: Carvedilol

NURSING
INDICATIONS RESPONSIBILITIES
MEDICATION THERAPEUTIC CONTRA- SIDE EFFECTS
INDICATIONS
ACTIONS

Generic Name: -Carvedilol is used Carvedilol is a Hypersensitivity; Dizziness, Fatigue, -Observe 10 Rights of
Carvedilol alone or together with non-selective severe chronic Hypotension, Weight drug administration.
other medicines to adrenergic heart failure, gain, High Blood - Monitor Blood
treat high blood blocker bronchial asthma Sugar, nausea pressure, heart rate
Brand Name: pressure indicated for the or related BUN, Blood glucose,
(hypertension). High chronic therapy bronchospastic
Coreg renal and liver
blood pressure adds of heart failure conditions ;severe function.
to the workload of the
with reduced hepatic - Advise patient not ro
heart and arteries. If it
ejection fraction impairment. drive or operate heavy
continues for a long
(HFrEF), Patients with machinery since this
time, the heart and
arteries may not hypertension, NYHA class IV drug may cause
function properly. and left cardiac failure,2nd syncope.
ventricular or 3rd ° AV block, - Monitor intake and
dysfunction sick sinus output rations and
-Carvedilol causes following syndrome (unless daily weight.
vasodilation by myocardial a permanent
blocking the activity of infarction (MI) pacemaker is in
α-blockers, mainly at in clinically place),cardiogenic
alpha-1receptors. It stable patients. shock or severe
exerts bradycardia.
antihypertensive effect
partly by reducing total
peripheral resistance
and vasodilation. It
isused in patientswith
renal impairment,
NIDDM or IDDM.