22nd September 2006
connie,
The best way to determine if a drug is causing symptoms is to stop taking the drug. If I were you, I would stop taking the ATACAND for 30 days and see if your energy returns. Bronchitis COULD be related but I don't think its likely.
No drug for 30 days shouldn't be a problem...but test your BP occassionally to make sure it doesn't get TOO high (like over 170 or thereabouts?)
It sounds like you;ve been on an ACE inhibitor (cough) and a calcium channel blocker (edema)...a likely next trial might be a diuretic.
The other drug class you might not have tried is a beta blocker but they make EVERYONE fatigued.
The best way to determine if a drug is causing symptoms is to stop taking the drug. If I were you, I would stop taking the ATACAND for 30 days and see if your energy returns. Bronchitis COULD be related but I don't think its likely.
No drug for 30 days shouldn't be a problem...but test your BP occassionally to make sure it doesn't get TOO high (like over 170 or thereabouts?)
It sounds like you;ve been on an ACE inhibitor (cough) and a calcium channel blocker (edema)...a likely next trial might be a diuretic.
The other drug class you might not have tried is a beta blocker but they make EVERYONE fatigued.