Med. list......... - High Cholesterol Message Board

JJ · 03-01-2006, 10:28 PM

Well this is the basic rundown I have listed. Many are generics, so the names might through people off, but to me, this is nuts:
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For BP.

Atenolol....Fosinopril....Felodipine
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For Diabetes.

Glipizide......Metformin
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For prostate.

Proscar
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To help with PN and sleep.

Ambien if necessary....Prophoxyphne...Tylenol W/Codine
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For so called allergies and congestion. No allegies we know of? Just seems to be stuffed up alot. To be used 3 times a week. A cream has also been ordered due to breaking out with itchy hives. Guess that is on the way. Probably breaking out due to being on so many meds.!!!! JMHO

Loratadine..(Brand name Claritin)...Robutussin...Flonaze
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Also Asprin 81mgs., Multi vitamin and 500 C

Must be me, but I definitely think OVERKILL!!.........

JJ · 03-02-2006, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Melvi

JJ,

My husband too has to take Flonaze and Robutussin. The doctor we have now says his nasal congestion and caugh is a side effect from the BP pills he is taking (he takes two) , BUT the doc wont switch him, he said "all meds have side effects". So for one kind of meds people have to take 2-3 meds for the side effects

That is why I think they should change his BP meds. so he won't need the other stuff to counteract the side effects. I use to take Altace, and I use to cough my brains out to the point I couldn't catch my breath at times. I finally told my dr., either get me off this stuff or I won't take anything, so they switched me to Avapro, no more cough!! Yes, the Avapro has side effects also, mostly backache and going to the bathroom alot, but I'd rather deal with that then hacking my brains out, or living on cough meds..

Like I said before, all drugs have side effects, but taking something U have to take 2 others to counteract the side effects is dumb. They need to find something he can take without needing something else to calm down the side effects, which to me is at least 2 less meds. It just aggravates me that they listen to U say what some meds. are doing, but instead of switching, they toss another pill at U to calm down the first pill. Good grief, how much do they think U can handle? I swear, there are people out there with more serious illnesses that probably don't take this many meds.

Oh well, we will see what happens next week, as I doubt very much if hubby himself can handle anymore meds. He is even getting disgusted, and he is a much more tolerant person then I am.

Take care, let's hope we all get some answers....

NHone · 03-02-2006, 04:49 PM

Hey JJ you aren't takiing cholesterol medication anymore are you?

JJ · 03-02-2006, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by finres

Hey JJ you aren't takiing cholesterol medication anymore are you?

No, I was on Lipitor in 2000 and had bad side effects, they switched me to Baycol, only got worse, so I am doing my best with diet and exercise, lately more diet then exercise....

Not crazy about trying to get out and walk around with snow all over the place, and the gym I use to go to closed, so looking for a new one, that is reasonable. Fixed incomes don't allow much expenses for health clubs.

NHone · 03-02-2006, 05:08 PM

JJ. glad you're not on the cholesterol medications. Wanted to let you know that the beta blockers also deplete Coq10 and magnesium. Just wanted you to be careful of that. If you're low on magnesium blood pressure will go up. They can only test magnesium with an intracellular test contrary to what some doctors tell you about serum magnesium tests.