Bisoprolol: uses, dosing, side effects & brands
Bisoprolol is a medicine sold in the U.S. under one brand. Below: what the FDA label says, every product that contains it, what the pills look like, and its recall record.
Key facts
- Available as
- Tablet
- Sold as
- Zebeta
- Prescription?
- Prescription only
- Generic available?
- Not in our catalog
- What the pharmacy pays
- about $5 for a 30-count supply — not your price
Every bisoprolol product we track (1)
Same active ingredient — different manufacturer, form, price and FDA recall record. That last one is what our independent score measures.
Only one: Zebeta.
What bisoprolol pills look like
Imprint codes, colour and shape from the FDA’s labelling data. Match the imprint on your pill — or search any imprint.
Combination products containing bisoprolol
A combination is a different drug — different dosing, different warnings. It is listed here so you can find it, not so you can substitute it.
Bisoprolol recalls
From the FDA Enforcement database. A recall covers specific lots — not the drug as a whole.
Bisoprolol Fumarate and Hydrochlorothiazide tablets
cGMP Deviations: recall due to not meeting the N-Nitroso Bisoprolol impurity specification limits.
Unichem Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. · Jan 21, 2026
Bisoprolol Fumarate and Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets
Cross Contamination with Other Products: Testing of reserve samples showed presence of traces of ezetimibe
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA · Nov 21, 2025
How long bisoprolol keeps
No bisoprolol label we read sets a separate limit for after opening, but they do specify how it must be stored — and the stability behind any date assumes those conditions.
Does bisoprolol expire? The in-use limits and storage rules from its labelsBisoprolol and breastfeeding
From LactMed, the US National Library of Medicine’s Drugs and Lactation Database — quoted, not rewritten.
Full LactMed record for bisoprolol: levels in milk, effects in breastfed infants, and the drugs it would consider insteadLimited information indicates that a maternal dose of 5 mg daily produces low levels in milk, and some follow-up date indicate no adverse long-term effects on the breastfed infant. If bisoprolol is required by the mother, it is not a reason to discontinue breastfeeding. Other beta-blockers with more safety data may be preferred.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, record revised September 15, 2025. LactMed states its information is not a substitute for professional judgement.
What people report to the FDA about bisoprolol
The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects reports from patients and clinicians. It holds 38,082 reports naming bisoprolol, and the FDA flagged 95% of those reports as serious. The effects reported most often — leaving out reports about overdose, misuse or the condition being treated, which dominate the raw list for common medicines:
- dyspnoea2,394 reports
- diarrhoea2,006 reports
- fatigue1,965 reports
- nausea1,939 reports
- dizziness1,790 reports
- acute kidney injury1,632 reports
- vomiting1,609 reports
- malaise1,604 reports
Read these as a signal, not a rate. A report does not mean bisoprolol caused the effect — anyone can file one, and many describe people taking several medicines for several conditions. Crucially there is no denominator: FAERS does not record how many people took the drug, so these counts cannot be turned into “X% of patients” — a bigger number often just means a more widely used or more talked-about drug. Duplicates exist, and publicity drives reporting. For what is actually established, read the FDA label section above.
Source: openFDA drug/event (FAERS), retrieved July 25, 2026.
Related calculators
Frequently asked questions
Can you take bisoprolol with other medicines?
It depends on the medicine. We check it against the FDA labels rather than guessing: our interaction checker searches each drug's own label for the other and quotes what it says, naming the section it came from. Run bisoprolol against whatever else you take — and remember that a label not naming a drug is not the same as that combination being safe.
What forms does bisoprolol come in?
Across the brands we track, bisoprolol is currently marketed as tablet, per the FDA's National Drug Code Directory. Each form is dosed differently — follow the label for the exact product you were prescribed.
Is there a generic bisoprolol?
We do not currently list a generic-labelled bisoprolol product. That does not always mean none exists — it means none appears under a generic name in the FDA data we track. Ask your pharmacist.
Has bisoprolol been recalled?
The FDA's Enforcement database lists 2 recall records whose product description mentions bisoprolol. The most recent: Bisoprolol Fumarate and Hydrochlorothiazide tablets (Jan 21, 2026). A recall applies to specific lots, not to the drug as a whole — check the record for the affected lot numbers.
Cite this page
- APA
- pharmaranks. (2026, July 24). Bisoprolol: uses, dosing, side effects & brands. https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/bisoprolol
- MLA
- “Bisoprolol: uses, dosing, side effects & brands.” pharmaranks, 24 July 2026, https://pharmaranks.com/drugs/bisoprolol.
We summarise public FDA and NIH sources — for a clinical claim, cite the primary source we link to as well.
Sources: FDA openFDA drug label, National Drug Code Directory, and Enforcement (recall) database. This page reproduces public FDA data and is not medical advice. Dosing is set by your prescriber.
Read the full FDA label for bisoprolol on DailyMed (NIH) ↗.