Carvedilol immediate-release - titration and renal monitoring
- Product / population
- Adults; named product and route only. Selected dosing and renal summary, not the full prescribing information.
- Renal measure
- No renal-function dose bands specified for this summary.
Dosing / renal protocol and limits
Adult heart failure: 3.125 mg orally twice daily for 2 weeks, then, if tolerated, 6.25, 12.5 and 25 mg twice daily at intervals of at least 2 weeks. For hypertension, begin 6.25 mg twice daily and titrate at 1-2-week intervals, to at most 25 mg twice daily.
No fixed CrCl reduction schedule is supplied in this label. During titration, monitor renal function particularly with low blood pressure, ischemic/vascular disease or underlying renal impairment. Reduce or discontinue if renal function worsens. Carvedilol is not significantly cleared by HD. These are immediate-release tablets, not extended-release capsules.
Source: https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=7cc14b86-0833-4c3c-91f3-7963d7052fd5