Drug name: Concor
Other names used:
- Bibloc®
- Bicor®
- Cardicor®
Active Ingredients:
- Bisoprolol
Therapeutic effect of Concor: Concor drug with Bisoprolol as its active ingredient is an effective drug that reduces blood pressure and also depresses plasma rennin levels. Bisoprolol belongs to a highly beta1-selective beta-adrenoceptor antagonist with low beta2-receptor affinity. This drug is also used to treat chest pain and discomfort caused by stress. Concor does this by lowering the need for oxygen by the myocard.
Indications: Concor is used for the treatment of the following condition:
- Chronic heart failure
- Chest pain due to ischemia
- Abnormally high blood pressure
Precautions and Restrictions: It's inadvisable to use Concor if you have:
- Diseases related to the respiratory tract like Bronchial asthma
- Sudden drop of blood pressure
- If the user is very young
- Lower heart rate
- Various heart rhythm disorders
- Heart conductibility dysfunction
- Allergic reactions to Concor or other similar substances
- Shock
People with the following conditions can use Concor with caution:
- Skin condition that causes skin redness and irritation
- Angiospatic stenocardia
- Conditions in which there is too much acid in the body fluids
- Diabetes
Side effects of Concor: With medicines like Concor there is always a distant possibility of some kind of adverse effect that is unexpected. As stated above these side effects are only a distant possibility and there is no prior proven records of such effects due to use of Concor.
Some of the adverse effects that may occur while using Concor are:
- Excessive sweating
- Irritation of the skin
- Itching
- Sexual dysfunction
- Lowered tolerance to hypoglycemia, glucose
- Arthropathia
- Myasthenia
- Gastro intestinal reactions like constipation, stomach pain, etc
- Certain respiratory system related disorders
- Cardio vascular disorders like peripheral swelling, bradycardia, hypotension
- Swelling or infection of the membrane lining the eyelids
- Decreased lacrimation
- Sight related disorders
- Disorders related to the central nervous system like depression, sleeplessness, vertigo, and fatigue
These are just some of the side effects and this is by no means an exhaustive list of adverse effects caused by Concor. For more information kindly consult your physician, pharmacist or read the full details presented by the manufacturer.
Interactions: Before taking Concor it is advisable to consult your physician and explain to him the treatments or medicines you are currently taking and also get a prescription from your doctor before starting any new drug. This is to make sure that the combination of the two drugs is safe.
Some of the substances that may react with Concor are:
- Drugs used for the treatment of diabetics
- Antibiotics
- Alkaloid medications
- Monoamine oxidase inhibitors
- Drugs used for the treatment of Arrhythmia
- Drugs that disrupts the movement of calcium (CCB)
- Sympathomimetics
- Drugs that are used as sedatives
- Drugs used to treat high blood pressure
Additional Information: Medicines and certain medical equipments should not be used without prior approval of a doctor and don't share these drugs with anybody else. Concor is made for specific conditions and it's not advisable to use this drug for other purposes. Keep medicinal drugs, needles, syringes and other such medical substances out of the reach of children.
