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Corgard

  • Generic Name: nadolol
  • Brand Name: Corgard
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Corgard (Nadolol) side effects drug center

 

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Corgard Side Effects Center

What Is Corgard?

Corgard (nadolol) is a beta-blocker used to treat angina (chest pain) and hypertension (high blood pressure). Corgard is available in generic form.

What Are Side Effects of Corgard?

Common side effects of Corgard include:

  • dizziness,
  • drowsiness,
  • weakness,
  • fatigue,
  • spinning sensation (vertigo),
  • tired feeling,
  • nausea,
  • diarrhea,
  • constipation,
  • upset stomach,
  • bloating,
  • gas, and
  • tingly feeling.

Tell your doctor if you have unlikely but serious side effects of Corgard including:

  • bluish color of the fingers/toes/nails,
  • hair loss (reversible),
  • mental/mood changes (e.g., depression, confusion, memory problems),
  • numbness and tingling,
  • decreased sexual ability,
  • swelling of the ankles or feet,
  • severe tiredness,
  • vision changes,
  • wheezing, and
  • unexplained or sudden weight gain.

Dosage for Corgard

Dosage of Corgard is individualized. The usual initial dose to treat angina or hypertension is 40 mg once daily. Dosage may be gradually increased. The usual maintenance dose is 40 or 80 mg administered once daily.

What Drugs, Substances, or Supplements Interact with Corgard?

Corgard may interact with allergy treatments or allergy skin-testing, clonidine, MAO inhibitors, diabetes medications, heart medications, medicine for asthma or other breathing disorders, cold medicines, stimulant medicines, or diet pills. Tell your doctor all medications you are taking.

Corgard During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

Corgard should be used only when prescribed during pregnancy. If used near the time of delivery, the newborn may have problems such as slow heart rate or low blood sugar. Tell your doctor if you notice a slow heart rate or signs of low blood sugar (e.g., shakiness, sweating) in your newborn. This medication passes into breast milk and may have undesirable effects on a nursing infant. Consult your doctor before breastfeeding.

Additional Information

Our Corgard (nadolol) Side Effects Drug Center provides a comprehensive view of available drug information on the potential side effects when taking this medication.

 

Corgard Consumer Information

Get emergency medical help if you have signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.

Call your doctor at once if you have:

  • a light-headed feeling, like you might pass out;
  • slow heartbeats;
  • shortness of breath (even with mild exertion), swelling, rapid weight gain; or
  • bronchospasm (wheezing, chest tightness, trouble breathing).

Common side effects may include:

  • numbness or cold feeling in your hands or feet;
  • dizziness;
  • feeling tired;
  • upset stomach, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation;
  • vision problems; or
  • mood changes, confusion, memory problems.

This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

Read the entire detailed patient monograph for Corgard (Nadolol)

 

Corgard Professional Information

SIDE EFFECTS

Most adverse effects have been mild and transient and have rarely required withdrawal of therapy.

Cardiovascular

Bradycardia with heart rates of less than 60 beats per minute occurs commonly, and heart rates below 40 beats per minute and/or symptomatic bradycardia were seen in about 2 of 100 patients. Symptoms of peripheral vascular insufficiency, usually of the Raynaud type, have occurred in approximately 2 of 100 patients. Cardiac failure, hypotension, and rhythm/conduction disturbances have each occurred in about 1 of 100 patients. Single instances of first degree and third degree heart block have been reported; intensification of AV block is a known effect of beta-blockers (see also CONTRAINDICATIONS, WARNINGS, and PRECAUTIONS).

Central Nervous System

Dizziness or fatigue has been reported in approximately 2 of 100 patients; paresthesias, sedation, and change in behavior have each been reported in approximately 6 of 1000 patients.

Respiratory

Bronchospasm has been reported in approximately 1 of 1000 patients (see CONTRAINDICATIONS and WARNINGS).

Gastrointestinal

Nausea, diarrhea, abdominal discomfort, constipation, vomiting, indigestion, anorexia, bloating, and flatulence have been reported in 1 to 5 of 1000 patients.

Miscellaneous

Each of the following has been reported in 1 to 5 of 1000 patients: rash; pruritus; headache; dry mouth, eyes, or skin; impotence or decreased libido; facial swelling; weight gain; slurred speech; cough; nasal stuffiness; sweating; tinnitus; blurred vision. Reversible alopecia has been reported infrequently.

The following adverse reactions have been reported in patients taking nadolol and/or other betaadrenergic blocking agents, but no causal relationship to nadolol has been established.

Central Nervous System

Reversible mental depression progressing to catatonia; visual disturbances; hallucinations; an acute reversible syndrome characterized by disorientation for time and place, short-term memory loss, emotional lability with slightly clouded sensorium, and decreased performance on neuropsychometrics.

Gastrointestinal

Mesenteric arterial thrombosis; ischemic colitis; elevated liver enzymes.

Hematologic

Agranulocytosis; thrombocytopenic or nonthrombocytopenic purpura.

Allergic

Fever combined with aching and sore throat; laryngospasm; respiratory distress.

Miscellaneous

Pemphigoid rash; hypertensive reaction in patients with pheochromocytoma; sleep disturbances; Peyronie's disease.

The oculomucocutaneous syndrome associated with the beta-blocker practolol has not been reported with nadolol.

Read the entire FDA prescribing information for Corgard (Nadolol)

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