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Polypharmia or Overmedicated Seniors Earlier this year, I went to the doctor for a hip problem and she sent me to ER where I ended up in ICU for atrial fibrillation. An echocardiogram revealed that the heart is fine, it's electronics that are problematic. So earlier this, the cardiologist prescribed two more medications. I asked him if I should be eliminating the one that was prescribed to me when I left the hospital. He says No! FiretrUCK that! I understand that the danger of tachycardia is stroke and I certainly don't want one of those but shouldn't the 81 milligram of aspirin do the trick. It is ironic that we go to doctors for help but I am not entirely sure that I trust that they know what they are doing. I remember Grumpy used to take a handful of medications and he died anyway. He also had drawers filled with meds that he never took. I remember filling a reusable shopping bag full of his medications and taking them to the courthouse which has a drug take back box. The sheriff deputy opened up the box and I placed the entire shopping bag in the box. He saw so many different doctors and they all prescribed different medications, It was a mess. This is not the scenerio that I want for the rest of my life. Medications can be used to prolong life, it can also be used to prolong death. I haven't picked up the new medications yet but I am definitely going to research before agreeing to take them.  Abracadabra  |
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11/12/2017 5:31 pm |
yes, that's the best thing to do; perso. I go straight to ask the pharmacist, he knows best.... But this is more that i'm horrified how doctors prescribe...just read somewhere something related to medicating elderly....all be vigilant!
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Stick with D3 and Glucosamine, forget the rest. If I took what the doctors said I had to I'd be a mental wreck, the anti-depressants were worse than the disease. I toughed it out and got over it in time, same as they did in 'the old days'. The only meds I need are painkillers when it gets bad. Judgment Day will be interesting - and all paths lead there.
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This is exactly why I am thankful that Joe's hospitalist was in communication with his GI doc to determine the medication he needed and also to coordinate it with our insurance company. THEN..... I also did research on the medicine to see if there is anything else he takes that would interact or counteract it. More than one nurse, and our doctor has told us that it is good Joe has me to keep these things straight. The older we get, the more difficult it is to understand these things and to reconcile our meds with each other. Joe takes a diuretic for his congestive heart failure and a half of another pill to help keep his B/P lower so there is less strain on his heart. He has the A-fib too, due to heart valve problems, and he has to stop the baby aspirin due to the new medicine and had to stop the blood thinner a long time ago due to the diverticular bleeding. Many of his daily meds are OTC vitamins and mineral supplements, (suggested by the docs) not pharmacy ones, and we are both just as happy with that. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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