A 64 year old male patient was struggling with blood pressure management, usually running in the 160’s range (systolic). He was already taking lisinopril 40 mg daily and had failed at implementing lifestyle changes up to this point. Procardia...
A patient was admitted for a rehab stay at a long term care facility. They chief complaint was weakness and muscle achiness that would not resolve. While looking back at the patient history and medication list, it was clear that nothing was helping this patient. ...
This 76 year old patient was on a laundry list of blood pressure medications. Hydrochlorothiazide, losartan, metoprolol, terazosin, amlodipine, and recently had clonidine added to their regimen with minimal success. Systolic BP’s still consistently ran around...
Often in CHF you may see spironolactone used in combination with loops and other diuretics to try to help treat edema. There are certainly other indications for spironolactone, but I’ll leave that for another day. My patient was having difficulty with edema and...
I’ve had a request to cover some Digoxin – Digoxin can be a challenging drug at times. If a patient is elderly, this can really complicate things. Another thing that can complicate Digoxin dosing is renal function – which obviously usually declines with age, leading...
