Pindolol is a prescription medication often used to treat high blood pressure. This article from the eMedTV Web site explains how the drug works, describes the specific effects of this medicine, and offers dosing information.
Common side effects of pindolol may include dizziness, fatigue, and nausea. This eMedTV article lists other possible side effects, including potentially serious problems that require medical attention and rare but possible side effects.
Pindolol is a medicine that lowers high blood pressure in adults. This segment from the eMedTV library explains how this medication works, describes its specific effects, and lists possible off-label uses of pindolol.
For most people, the starting dose of pindolol for treating high blood pressure is 5 mg twice daily. As this eMedTV page explains, if your blood pressure does not improve, your doctor may increase your dose up to a maximum of 60 mg per day.
Alpha blockers, thioridazine, NSAIDs, and various other medicines may cause pindolol drug interactions. This eMedTV page lists other drugs that may interfere with pindolol and describes the potential effects of these negative interactions.
You should not take pindolol if you have severe heart failure. This eMedTV page lists other precautions and warnings with pindolol, including more information on who should not use the drug and what side effects may occur during treatment.
If you take too much pindolol, you may have symptoms like slow heart rate, low blood pressure, or coma. This eMedTV resource explores other potential overdose effects and describes various treatment options that are available.
During pregnancy, the full risks of using pindolol are currently unknown. As this eMedTV page explains, however, based on the results of animal studies, the drug does not seem to pose a significant risk to a developing fetus.
Pindolol can potentially cause problems in a breastfed infant. As this eMedTV segment explains, studies on breastfeeding and pindolol show that the drug passes through breast milk. However, these amounts are probably too low to cause serious problems.
