Carvedilol contraindications
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Zaghw, M.D. [2]
Contraindications
COREG is contraindicated in the following conditions:
- [[Bronchial asthma or related bronchospastic conditions. Deaths from status asthmaticus have been reported following single doses of COREG.
- AV block (Second- or third-degree) .
- [[Sick sinus syndrome.
- [[Severe bradycardia (unless a permanent pacemaker is in place).
- Cardiogenic shock or who have decompensated heart failure requiring the use of intravenous inotropic therapy. Such patients should first be weaned from intravenous therapy before initiating COREG.
- Severe hepatic impairment.
- Serious hypersensitivity reaction (e.g., Stevens-Johnson syndrome, anaphylactic reaction, angioedema) to any component of this medication or other medications containing carvedilol.[1]
References
Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.