Cardivas 6.25 mg Tablet

Cardivas 6.25 mg Tablet is a carvedilol tablet from Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Each tablet contains 6.25 mg of carvedilol, a prescription medicine in the beta-blocker class with alpha-blocking activity. It is used to help treat high blood pressure, heart failure, and certain heart-related conditions after a doctor has evaluated you. Cardivas 6.25 mg Tablet is often chosen when a lower or carefully adjusted carvedilol dose is needed rather than a higher maintenance strength.

How it works: Carvedilol in Cardivas 6.25 mg Tablet works by blocking beta receptors and alpha-1 receptors, which helps the heart beat with less force and lowers blood pressure. As a tablet, it is swallowed and absorbed to give steady daily carvedilol effects that can reduce the heart’s workload over time.

Cardivas 6.25 mg Tablet is an intermediate strength, sitting above Cardivas 3.125 mg Tablet and below Cardivas 12.5 mg Tablet and Cardivas 25 mg Tablet. Doctors may choose this strength when they want a step-up in dose for blood pressure or heart failure treatment, while still allowing careful monitoring for dizziness, low heart rate, or low blood pressure. It is not meant to be the first dose for everyone, especially in people who are just starting carvedilol or who are sensitive to blood pressure changes.

• High blood pressure
• Heart failure
• Left ventricular dysfunction after a heart attack
• Supporting long-term heart protection when prescribed by a doctor

• Swallow Cardivas 6.25 mg Tablet whole with water; do not crush or chew it unless your doctor or pharmacist tells you otherwise.
• Take it with food to help reduce the chance of dizziness and to improve how your body handles the medicine.
• Take it at the same times each day so the tablet works consistently.
• Do not stop Cardivas 6.25 mg Tablet suddenly, because that can worsen chest pain, blood pressure, or heart symptoms.
• Stand up slowly after taking it, especially when you first start or when the dose changes.
• If you miss a dose, take it when you remember unless it is almost time for the next one; do not double up.

Each Cardivas 6.25 mg Tablet provides 6.25 mg of carvedilol per tablet. Depending on why it is prescribed, it may be taken once or twice daily, but the exact schedule and dose changes are decided by your doctor based on your condition and response. There is no single maximum for everyone, but the total daily amount should only be increased under medical supervision, especially with this strength in people who are still being titrated.

Do not change your dose or stop the medicine without speaking to your doctor.

Common side effects of Carvedilol may include:

• Dizziness, especially when standing up
• Tiredness or weakness
• Slow heartbeat
• Low blood pressure
• Diarrhea
• Weight gain or fluid retention in some patients with heart failure

• Cardivas 6.25 mg Tablet can lower blood pressure and heart rate, so it may cause dizziness or fainting when you start it or increase the dose.
• Use caution if you have asthma, COPD, or other breathing problems, because carvedilol can worsen wheezing in some people.
• Tell your doctor if you have diabetes, since carvedilol can mask some low-blood-sugar warning signs like a fast heartbeat.
• Avoid alcohol or be careful with it, because it can increase dizziness and blood pressure lowering.
• Do not take it without medical advice if you have severe liver problems, very slow pulse, certain heart rhythm problems, or untreated heart failure that is getting worse.
• Be careful driving or using machinery until you know how Cardivas 6.25 mg Tablet affects you.
• Tell your doctor about nitrates, other blood pressure medicines, or medicines that slow the heart, because the combination can lower blood pressure too much.

• Insulin and diabetes medicines
• Other blood pressure medicines, including calcium channel blockers
• Digoxin
• Amiodarone or other heart-rate-lowering medicines
• NSAIDs such as ibuprofen or naproxen may reduce blood pressure control

Store Cardivas 6.25 mg Tablet in its original strip or box at room temperature, away from moisture and excess heat.