What the label lists and what reports show
Pindolol side effects
Pindolol's FDA label lists its adverse reactions in its own words. FAERS holds 796 reports naming it through July 30, 2026; the reaction reported most often, leaving out the conditions it is used for, product-use terms and outcomes, is urinary tract infection (46 reports).
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Check it at the source: the pindolol FDA label on DailyMed (effective March 17, 2026, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc.); the FDA FAERS public dashboard.
What does the label list?
From the label: adverse reactionsMost adverse reactions have been mild. The incidences listed in the following table are derived from 12-week comparative double-blind, parallel design trials in hypertensive patients given pindolol as monotherapy, given various active control drugs as monotherapy, or given placebo. Data for pindolol and the positive controls were pooled from several trials because no striking differences were seen in the individual studies, with one exception. When considering all adverse reactions reported, the frequency of edema was noticeably higher in positive control trials (16% pindolol vs. 9% positive control) than in placebo controlled trials (6% pindolol vs. 3% placebo). The table includes adverse reactions either volunteered or elicited, and at least possibly drug-related, which were reported in greater than 2% of pindolol patients and other selected important reactions. …
ADVERSE REACTIONS WHICH WERE VOLUNTEERED OR ELICITED (and at least possibly drug-related)
| Body System/ Adverse Reactions | Pindolol (N = 322) % Central Nervous System |
|---|---|
| Bizarre or Many Dreams | 5 |
| Dizziness | 9 |
| Fatigue | 8 |
| Hallucinations | < 1 |
| Insomnia | 10 |
| Nervousness | 7 |
| Weakness | 4 |
| Paresthesia | 3 |
| Dyspnea | 5 |
| Edema | 6 |
| Heart Failure | < 1 |
| Palpitations | < 1 |
| Chest Pain | 3 |
| Joint Pain | 7 |
| Muscle Cramps | 3 |
| Muscle Pain | 10 |
| Abdominal Discomfort | 4 |
| Nausea | 5 |
| Pruritus | 1 |
| Rash | < 1 |
| Bizarre or Many Dreams | 0 |
| Dizziness | 11 |
| Fatigue | 4 |
| Hallucinations | 0 |
| Insomnia | 3 |
Rows and numbers as the label prints them, under its own column headings (the first rows of a longer table where it runs on). A reaction in a trial table is not necessarily caused by the medicine, and trials differ from everyday use.
Source: FDA drug label, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., effective March 17, 2026 (SPL set b331a73f-bf7b-4442-8901-36d016530279), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed
What do FAERS reports show?
796 reports list pindolol among the medicines taken, each a report of something that happened, not proof the medicine caused it; 63 are coded as a death and 265 as a hospital stay. Counts follow how widely a medicine is used and watched, and they are not a measure of how risky it is. Of the 21 reactions below, 5 are named by the same term (in US spelling) in the label's adverse reactions, warnings or patient leaflet; a reaction the label does not name may still be there under another word, and a report does not show that the medicine caused it.
Reports received each year
The 25 most reported reactions
Source: FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA, reports through July 30, 2026; reactions as MedDRA preferred terms
What next?
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