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| Thread ID: 129241 | 2013-02-12 05:52:00 | Medications and problems | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 1327636 | 2013-02-12 05:52:00 | Husband has 2 types of blood pressure medicine. One was prescribed ages ago by a really bad doctor. Next doctor continued it and increased dose at one point. New doc now, so far seemed very good, anyway nurse rang rather in a panic the other day as blood tests came back bad. High creatinine/potassium. (Kidneys) So I thought, why? He has low sugar problem so nope, not that. So I looked up the pills. Can cause high potassium among other things. Also said don't prescribe to diabetics (although that's probably those that tend to high sugar), or elderly or people with artery disease (he has that too). And, interestingly, can cause an allergic reaction - swelling of face/mouth and stuff. He's had that several times too, lately more often.....hmmmmm. So I go to doc with him. Initially doc didn't like my idea, said no, he's been on it ages, then checks old notes - oh look, several incidences of high creatinine/potassium before.... So he now has a new pill, got a bit tricky as he looked them up first, 4/5 were no good for assorted reasons, leaving one. That may cause faintness, but hey, sounds way better to me.... I have to say, as similar happened to a friend of mine too, in a more extreme way, it pays to check the details of medicine you get prescribed. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1327637 | 2013-02-12 06:37:00 | You'd hope the Dr's would know what they are prescribing, and advice ( or at least know) of any side effects. The average person shouldn't have to look up what the medication does just in case it has side effects, or is bad for the person concerned. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1327638 | 2013-02-12 10:33:00 | Some times doctors are like me the way I fix computers. Swap this and try that. It could be the motherboard or the CPU, or the Ram , or the battery, or the PSU or Windows, etc etc I don't know what I am doing really, but I usually get it going in the end with some help my from Press F1 friends. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1327639 | 2013-02-12 19:35:00 | Step granddad was given wrong medication last year, two days and he was dead. Stopped his kidneys from working and since he was at a certain age they dont try to fix them or transplant. Who is responsible?? | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1327640 | 2013-02-12 19:40:00 | Step granddad was given wrong medication last year, two days and he was dead. Stopped his kidneys from working and since he was at a certain age they dont try to fix them or transplant. Who is responsible?? That's awful, Gobe1. |
Zara Baxter (16260) | ||
| 1327641 | 2013-02-12 19:49:00 | Some times doctors are like me the way I fix computers. Swap this and try that. It could be the motherboard or the CPU, or the Ram , or the battery, or the PSU or Windows, etc etc I don't know what I am doing really, but I usually get it going in the end with some help my from Press F1 friends. Doctors are generally worse than that. They charge you whether or not they can fix it. Not many problems can be 'cured' as it is today. Doctors are good at giving his/her patients painkillers, that's about it. There's no cure for high blood pressure, diabetes, etc., you just name it. Going to a doctor is just a psychology type of thingie. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1327642 | 2013-02-13 00:19:00 | There's no cure for high blood pressure, diabetes, etc., you just name it. Going to a doctor is just a psychology type of thingie. To be fair this new doc did pay attention and checked properly before deciding what new pill he can have. Diabetes, no you can't cure it. Husbands grandmothers sister died from it when she was 18. Insulin hadn't been invented then. He prefers to be alive. Some things you can't fix, some things you can. It's hardly psychological..... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1327643 | 2013-02-13 01:03:00 | My mother was a nurse in a small hospital. The doctor said "Low K" and the staff thought he was prescibing a low potassium regime. But it turned out he was diagnosing the patient as having low potassium... | BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1327644 | 2013-02-13 04:52:00 | Step granddad was given wrong medication last year, two days and he was dead. Stopped his kidneys from working and since he was at a certain age they dont try to fix them or transplant. Who is responsible??What a horrible (and preventable) thing to happen. I hope the family has lodged a complaint against the person who prescribed or gave your Step Grandad the wrong medicine so it can be investigated. You can lodge a complaint here: www.hdc.org.nz | Jen (38) | ||
| 1327645 | 2013-02-13 18:41:00 | Complaints don't help, I could give you a list of people who have ongoing problems or are now dead due to stuff ups with medical treatments or the lack of.... Pays to do your own research.....just to be on the safe side. |
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