Bisoprolol Fumarate

Alternate Name: Zebeta

Description: If you have high blood pressure (hypertension), your doctor might prescribe bisoprolol fumarate. Lowering blood pressure reduces your risk for heart attack, stroke, and kidney disease. This drug can be used alone or in combination with other medications. Doctors have also used bisoprolol fumarate to treat congestive heart failure.

Dosage Form: Tablet

Administration Route: By mouth

Drug Class: Cardiovascular Agent, Antianginal, Antihypertensive

Generic Available: Yes

Strength: 5 MG

Warnings: Make sure your doctor knows if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or if you have kidney disease, liver disease, angina (severe chest pain), blood vessel or circulation problems, diabetes, heart disease, heart failure, lung or breathing problems (such as asthma, bronchitis, or emphysema), or an overactive thyroid. Do not stop using this medicine suddenly. Your doctor will need to slowly decrease your dose before you stop it completely. This medicine may raise or lower your blood sugar level. This medicine may cause or worsen heart failure in some patients. Check with your doctor right away if you are having chest pain or discomfort; dilated neck veins; extreme fatigue; irregular breathing; an irregular heartbeat; shortness of breath; swelling of the face, fingers, feet, or lower legs; weight gain; or wheezing. This medicine may make you less alert than you are normally. Avoid driving, using machines, or doing anything else that could be dangerous if you are not alert. Tell any doctor or dentist who treats you that you are using this medicine. You may need to stop using this medicine several days before you have surgery or medical tests. Many patients who have high blood pressure will not notice any symptoms of the condition. In fact, many patients feel normal. It is very important that you take your medicine exactly as directed and that you keep your appointments with your doctor even if you feel well. This medicine will not cure your high blood pressure, but it does help control it. You must continue to take it as directed if you expect to lower your blood pressure and keep it down. You may have to take high blood pressure medicine for the rest of your life. If you stop using this medicine, your blood pressure may go up. High blood pressure usually has no symptoms. Even if you feel well, do not stop using the medicine without asking your doctor. Your doctor will check your progress and the effects of this medicine at regular visits. Keep all appointments.

Food Warnings: This medicine may raise or lower your blood sugar level., This medicine may make you less alert than you are normally. Avoid driving, using machines, or doing anything else that could be dangerous if you are not alert., Tell any doctor or dentist who treats you that you are using this medicine. You may need to stop using this medicine several days before you have surgery or medical tests., Many patients who have high blood pressure will not notice any symptoms of the condition. In fact, many patients feel normal. It is very important that you take your medicine exactly as directed and that you keep your appointments with your doctor even if you feel well., This medicine will not cure your high blood pressure, but it does help control it. You must continue to take it as directed if you expect to lower your blood pressure and keep it down. You may have to take high blood pressure medicine for the rest of your life., If you stop using this medicine, your blood pressure may go up. High blood pressure usually has no symptoms. Even if you feel well, do not stop using the medicine without asking your doctor., Your doctor will check your progress and the effects of this medicine at regular visits. Keep all appointments., Do not stop using this medicine suddenly. Your doctor will need to slowly decrease your dose before you stop it completely., This medicine may cause or worsen heart failure in some patients. Check with your doctor right away if you are having chest pain or discomfort; dilated neck veins; extreme fatigue; irregular breathing; an irregular heartbeat; shortness of breath; swelling of the face, fingers, feet, or lower legs; weight gain; or wheezing., Make sure your doctor knows if you are also using clonidine (Catapres®), digoxin (Lanoxin®), diltiazem (Cardizem®), guanethidine (Ismelin®), reserpine, rifampin (Rifadin®, Rimactane®), verapamil (Calan®, Isoptin®, Verelan®), other blood pressure medicines (such as atenolol, metoprolol, propranolol, timolol, Inderal®, or Toprol®), medicines for heart rhythm problem (such as disopyramide, Norpace®), or diabetes medicines (such as glyburide, insulin, metformin, Actos®, or Glucotrol®).