14th March 2007
alliejazz,
I did call the Doc. She said to go back to the 100 mg of atenolol instead of the 50. They had reduced the atenolol on the 5th of March to see if it might decrease my new symptoms, but then a lot of extra symptoms started on the 7th. I called and left a message on the 9th and she called me back on the 12th. That’s when she said to go back up on the atenolol and call her if I had any more problems.
I am already taking a lot of heart meds and she thought she could help my bad angina spells and exhaustion by reducing the atenolol dosage.
In the last two months, I also have tried reducing the plendil but that gave me real bad obvious heart problems, so I went back to the 10mg. And I tried reducing the nitro patches and I was short of breath and had chest tightness; so I went back to .8 on those. One Doc even added fosinopril to my long list of meds, but that didn’t work. It caused bad side effects and my BP went too low.
I guess they are trying to find a safer combination of drugs and my heart is not having a good time with the changes.
All they are willing to do for me at the clinic are; Meds, blood tests, and heart caths and I guess I'm just very tired because it is not helping.
I am on: atenolol, plendil, Tikosyn, and Nitro patches for my heart; Plus plavix with aspirin for stents; Zetia for cholesterol; And t#3 as needed for pain; My celebrex was just cut from 400 mg to 200 mg a day and so I now have to deal with a lot of my old joint, rib, and back pains again. I also take pepsid and nexium because I take too many pills.
Sorry I’m using you guys as a sounding board, but I just need to tell someone my woes, and I can’t tell anybody that I know or they would freak out. I know I'm in bad shape, but I still would like to be able to do something. Instead my husband (who is in an electric wheel chair and in constant pain from post polio), he has to wait on me hand and foot. I can't see why they can't do something to help me so at least I could cook my husband’s breakfast, vacuum this dirty floor, and grocery shop.
I'll stop whining now,
enie
I appreciate your replies,
enie
I did call the Doc. She said to go back to the 100 mg of atenolol instead of the 50. They had reduced the atenolol on the 5th of March to see if it might decrease my new symptoms, but then a lot of extra symptoms started on the 7th. I called and left a message on the 9th and she called me back on the 12th. That’s when she said to go back up on the atenolol and call her if I had any more problems.
I am already taking a lot of heart meds and she thought she could help my bad angina spells and exhaustion by reducing the atenolol dosage.
In the last two months, I also have tried reducing the plendil but that gave me real bad obvious heart problems, so I went back to the 10mg. And I tried reducing the nitro patches and I was short of breath and had chest tightness; so I went back to .8 on those. One Doc even added fosinopril to my long list of meds, but that didn’t work. It caused bad side effects and my BP went too low.
I guess they are trying to find a safer combination of drugs and my heart is not having a good time with the changes.
All they are willing to do for me at the clinic are; Meds, blood tests, and heart caths and I guess I'm just very tired because it is not helping.
I am on: atenolol, plendil, Tikosyn, and Nitro patches for my heart; Plus plavix with aspirin for stents; Zetia for cholesterol; And t#3 as needed for pain; My celebrex was just cut from 400 mg to 200 mg a day and so I now have to deal with a lot of my old joint, rib, and back pains again. I also take pepsid and nexium because I take too many pills.
Sorry I’m using you guys as a sounding board, but I just need to tell someone my woes, and I can’t tell anybody that I know or they would freak out. I know I'm in bad shape, but I still would like to be able to do something. Instead my husband (who is in an electric wheel chair and in constant pain from post polio), he has to wait on me hand and foot. I can't see why they can't do something to help me so at least I could cook my husband’s breakfast, vacuum this dirty floor, and grocery shop.
I'll stop whining now,
enie
I appreciate your replies,
enie