Carivalan

Carivalan Contraindications

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Servier

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Maxxcare
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Contraindications
Do not take Carivalan: if the patient is allergic to carvedilol, ivabradine or any of the other ingredients of this medicine (listed in Description), or to other beta blockers; if the patient suffers from severe liver problems; if the patient started to suffer from heart failure, if the heart failure is not stably controlled, or recently became worse; if the patient suffers from unstable angina (a severe form of angina in which chest pain occurs very frequently, with or without exercise); if the patient suffers from Prinzmetal's angina (chest pain that occurs at rest and in cycles); if the patient suffers from a heart rhythm disorder; if the heart rate is too low (under 50 beats per minute) or if the patient feels weak, has decreased level of consciousness, shortness of breath, hypotension or chest pain (due to symptomatic or severe bradycardia); if the patient is having a heart attack; if the patient is suffering from cardiogenic shock (a serious heart condition treated in hospitals and caused by very low blood pressure); if the heartbeat is exclusively regulated by a pacemaker; if the patient has a severe blood vessel disorder (for example Raynaud's phenomenon); if the patient has very low blood pressure; if the patient suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD (lung disease with symptoms such as wheeziness, difficulty in breathing and chronic cough); if the patient has already experienced breathing problems such as asthma or bronchospasm (difficulty in breathing due to the narrowing of the airways); if the patient has too much acid in the blood (metabolic acidosis); if the patient has high blood pressure due to a tumour near the kidney (untreated phaeochromocytoma); if the patient is taking: medicines for treatment of fungal infections (such as ketoconazole, itraconazole), antibiotics used for bacterial infections (such as clarithromycin, erythromycin given orally, josamycin and telithromycin), medicines called protease inhibitors used to treat HIV (such as nelfinavir, ritonavir), nefazodone (medicine to treat depression), diltiazem or verapamil: medicines used to treat high blood pressure or angina pectoris; if the patient is a woman able to have children and not using reliable contraception; if the patient is pregnant or trying to become pregnant; if the patient is breast-feeding.
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