... - Metropolol Tartrate 100 mg - again no impact
- Nifedipine S.R. 20 mg, twice a day - better, BP at around 130...
... expensive.
Now since she's gotten good numbers with the nifedipine but didn't like the headache (and who WOULD?), I'd ... blocker, verapamil. It's QUITE different from the nifedipine . (Stay clear of Norvasc IMHO).
BUT, why not backtrack...
... Zip2play that since she got good numbers with the nifedipine but developed headache, another channel blocker, like...
... His prescription simply doesn't make sense to me. Nifedipine was prescribed by the doctors in the hospital. It ... new doc this morning by herself. The doc gave her nifedipine again plus some aspirins - same as those given by ... betas - a right direction. In fact, her headache with nifedipine is no big deal. She just felt unsafe with nifedipine ... aspirins.
So back to square one. She'll start nifedipine again tomorrow. I hope the heart beat is acceptable ... with nifedipine again.
One thing I learn from the web is that...
... My mum has been put on nifedipine S.R. (two tablets a day) for less than a week. Yesterday ... is being given the same anti-hypertension drug i.e. nifedipine , same dosage, and her BP is normal. Doctors have...
... SGOT, and SGPT have been noted. The relationship to nifedipine therapy is uncertain in most cases, but probable in ... instances of allergic hepatitis have been reported with nifedipine treatment. In controlled studies, ADALAT CC did not ... serum uric acid, glucose, cholesterol or potassium. Nifedipine , like other calcium channel blockers, decreases platelet ... aggregation and increase in bleeding time in some nifedipine patients. This is thought to be a function of inhibition ... has been reported but a causal relationship between nifedipine administration and positivity of this laboratory test ... including hemolysis, could not be determined. Although nifedipine has been used safely in patients with renal dysfunction ... existing chronic renal insufficiency. The relationship to nifedipine therapy IS uncertain in most cases but probable in...
