my medications

[stellatj]

Hi i am a 44 yr old female bad family history of heart disease lost dad and 2 brothers while they were in their 30's one brother had triple bypass at age 28 he is 40 now and ok.
my heart doc has me on many medicines i had a real bad calcium score test it was really bad only 1 person who took the test scored worse then me according to the paper work. also i had a -fib when my brother was found dead i was admitted to the hospital with a way high over 200 heart rate
now my meds are
aspirin
atenolol
k-dur
pravchol
niaspan
i was doing some research and it says pravachol and niaspan should not be used together is it really bad also lately my blood pressure is low
like 90/48 88/50 pretty low numbers i have had a constant pain in my stomach for the last month i had a ct scan and was told to have my gallbladder removed i am scared of surgery
should i talk to my heart doc about my medicines do you think its ok to take maybe the internet has to many scary things i love my heart doc i have used him for 7 years

[mimiof3]

I'm sorry for what all you have gone through with your family members. How horrible for you. I too had to have a test done actually two, endoscppy and colonoscopy this past dec. I talked to my gastro doc. about this ( filling him in on my PVC abundance) and he called my cardio doc. as well. He himself (gastro doc) said " oh, well you will need a cardio anesthesiologist." Fine with me! Ins. didn't say a word. Of course, I wasn't under general anesthesia. But I was told I didn't have a single PVC! I don't blame you for your worries. They are something I think all of us with PVC's or any heart thing are concerned about. Let us know how things go. Kathy

[Lenin]

stella,

You need some compromise between controlling the a-fib and that low blood pressure. If the a-fib is extremely rare for you, then maybe you can do without the atenolol....NOBODY should medicate down to 90/48.
If it's a FREQUENT thing, then perhaps ANOTHER of the beta-blockers more specific for a-fib is a better choice (like sotalol perhaps.)
Probably people with normal blood pressure should think about avoiding beta-blockers entirely.

For the gall bladder, I STRONGLY recommend you try a gall bladder flush before considering surgery. Look in the LIVER forum in Healthboards for some recommendations. There are also references to liver/gall bladder flushes all over the internet. Surgery should be a last resort. Entirely TOO MANY gall bladders are removed unnecessarily.

[aeq777]

Hi Stellatj,
I'm so sorry for all you have been through. You will find alot of good information from this board, I did.
Can I ask you what they considered a bad calcium score? I had one done a year ago and they said the same to me? Just wondering what yours was.
Mine was 39 in the LAD.
Thanks for you help.

[stellatj]

my score was 400 only 1 person in my age good scored worse
thanks all